Ethan Pringle (born May 30, 1986, in San Francisco, California) is an

American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...

rock climber Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up, across, or down natural rock formations. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a usually pre-defined route without falling. Rock climbing is a physically and ...

with notable ascents in

bouldering Bouldering is a form of free climbing that is performed on small rock formations or artificial rock walls without the use of ropes or harnesses. While bouldering can be done without any equipment, most climbers use climbing shoes to help sec ...

sport climbing Sport climbing (or Bolted climbing) is a form of rock climbing that relies on permanent anchors (or bolts), permanently fixed into the rock for climber protection, in which a rope that is attached to the climber is clipped into the anchors to ...

and

traditional climbing Traditional climbing (or Trad climbing) is a style of rock climbing in which the climber places all the necessary protection gear required to arrest any falls as they are climbing, and then removes it when the pitch is complete (often done ...

Notable ascents

Sport climbing Sport climbing (or Bolted climbing) is a form of rock climbing that relies on permanent anchors (or bolts), permanently fixed into the rock for climber protection, in which a rope that is attached to the climber is clipped into the anchors to ...

* 5.15b (9b) ** ''

Jumbo Love ''Jumbo Love'' is a long sport climbing route on remote limestone cliffs on Clark Mountain in the Mojave Desert. Bolted by American climber Randy Leavitt in the 1990s, he invited Chris Sharma to attempt it in 2007. When Sharma completed the ...

'': , May 18, 2015. First Repeat. First Ascent by

Chris Sharma Chris Omprakash Sharma (born 23 April, 1981) is an American rock climber who is considered one of the greatest and most influential climbers in the history of the sport. He dominated sport climbing for the decade after his 2001 ascent of '' Real ...

September 11, 2008. * 5.15a (9a+) ** '' Biographie'': . Fourth Repeat. First Ascent by

July 2001. ** ''Thor's Hammer:'' 5.15a (9a+). Fifth Ascent. Repeated just one day after Daniel Woods got the fourth ascent * 5.14d (9a) ** ''Everything is Karate:'' 5.14c/d (8c+/9a), April 22, 2017. First Ascent. ** ''Spicy Dumpling:'' 5.14d (9a), December 20, 2010. First Ascent. ** ''La Reina Mora:'' 5.14d (8c+/9a), March 13, 2016. First Ascent by Ramon Julian 2008.

Traditional climbing Traditional climbing (or Trad climbing) is a style of rock climbing in which the climber places all the necessary protection gear required to arrest any falls as they are climbing, and then removes it when the pitch is complete (often done ...

*5.14c (8c+) ** ''Blackbeard's Tears'': 5.14c (8c+), September 21, 2016. First Free Ascent.

Onsighted

* ''Iron Man'': . * ''Moonlight Buttress'': .

Bouldering Bouldering is a form of free climbing that is performed on small rock formations or artificial rock walls without the use of ropes or harnesses. While bouldering can be done without any equipment, most climbers use climbing shoes to help sec ...

*V15 (8C) **

The Wheel of Life ''The Wheel of Life'' is a famous boulder problem in the sport of rock climbing. Located in Hollow Mountain Cave in the Grampians of Australia and initially graded , it is now commonly considered to be . Route The problem, which consists of ...

** ''The Nest'' ** ''Kintsugi'' *V14 (8B+) ** ''Red Rocks'' First Ascent ** ''Slashface'' First Ascent by

Fred Nicole Fred Nicole (born 21 May 1970) is a Swiss rock climber known for his first ascents of extreme sport climbing routes, and also for pioneering the development of standards and techniques in modern bouldering in the 1990s and early 2000s; he is consi ...

** ''Meadowlark Lemon'' V14 (8B+) First Ascent by Paul Robinson

References