.png) Barbara Zangerl in 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 24 May 1988 Tyrol, Austria | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Professional rock climber Medical radiographer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | barbara-zangerl | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ape index | -2cm (-0.78 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Barbara Zangerl (born 24 May 1988) is an Austrian rock climber who is widely considered as one of the best all-round female climbers in the world. At various stages in her career, she has climbed at, or just below, the highest climbing grades achieved by a female in every major rock climbing discipline, including bouldering, traditional climbing, sport climbing, multi-pitch climbing and big wall climbing.[1][3]
She was the first-ever female to solve an 8A+/8B (V12/13) graded bouldering route with Pura Vida in 2008, and has repeated some of the hardest traditional climbing routes in the world, including Meltdown in 2023, which at 8c+ (5.14c) is still the hardest traditional climbing grade by a female climber. Zangerl has redpointed sport climbs to grade 9a (5.14d) such as Speed Integrale in 2018, and Sprengstoff in 2021.
Zangerl has made the first female free ascent (FFFA) of several major multi-pitch and big wall climbing routes including the Alpine Trilogy in 2013, three major routes on El Capitan (El Nino in 2015, Zodiac in 2015, and Magic Mushroom in 2016), the Eiger's hardest route, Odyssee, in 2018, and one of the hardest high-altitude big wall routes, Eternal Flame on the Nameless Tower in Pakistan, in 2022.
In 2019, she was named as the National Geographic 'Adventurer of the Year'. She is also known for her climbing partnership with Italian rock climber Jacopo Larcher.[1][3]
- ^ a b c d e Ellison, Julie (13 July 2022). "The Climbing Q&A: Barbara "Babsi" Zanger". Climbing. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
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