BURSTJonathan Siegrist has made the first ascent of Video Killed the Radio Star 5.15b at the 5G Wall near Las Vegas. He’s now climbed 100 routes graded 5.14d or harder, a list that includes several first ascents and 5.15s – see the full list below.
Siegrist is one of the world’s most accomplished sport climbers. In 2014, at age 28, he sent Biographie for his first 5.15a. The following year, he completed the so-called 5.15a Trilogy by climbing La Rambla and Papichulo, becoming the fifth climber to achieve the feat. In 2017, he climbed Pachamama 5.15a, Joe Mama 5.15a and Chaxi 5.15a during a six-week trip to Oliana, Spain.
In May 2018, he made the second ascent of Sharma’s Jumbo Love, one of the world’s first 5.15s, and Siegrist’s first 5.15b. In 2019, he completed the third ascent of La Planta de Shiva, his second 5.15b, in Spain and made the first free ascent of All You Can Eat 5.15a in the USA. He then went on to climb Peruvian Necktie 5.15b, Lapsus 5.15b, Event Horizon 5.15b FA, Stoking the Fire 5.15b, Anemology 5.15b FA, and Erebor 5.15.
Siegrist has also repeated several of North America’s most difficult trad routes. In July 2013, he made the first repeat of Ty Mack’s The Almighty 5.14a/b trad in Wyoming. In August 2016, Siegrist made the first repeat of Tommy Caldwell’s Direct Dunn-Westbay 5.14a/b, a multipitch on Colorado’s Diamond. And in August 2018, Siegrist sent The Path 5.14a at Lake Louise.
Siegrist’s 100 Hardest Climbs
1 – Video Killed the Radio Star 5.15b
2 – Erebor 5.15b
3 – Anemology 5.15b
4 – Stoking the Fire 5.15b
5 – Event Horizon 5.15b
6 – Peruvian Necktie 5.15b
7 – La Planta de Shiva 5.15b
8 – Jumbo Love 5.15b
9 – Trofeo dell’adriatico 5.15a
10 – Eazy Street 5.15a
11 – Midnight Way 5.15a
12 – Hard Twisted 5.15a
13 – L’étrange ivresse des lenteurs 5.15a
14 – Martial Law 5.15a
15 – Me I Eat Dust 5.15a
16 – Jungle Boogie 5.15a
17 – Back to the Future 5.15a
18 – Flex Luthor 5.15a
19 – Kinder Cakes 5.15a
20 – Open your Mind Direct 5.15a
21 – Selecció anal 5.15a
22 – Close Encounters 5.15a
23 – Lapsus 5.15a
24 – Black Hole Sun 5.15a
25 – Ace of Spades 5.15a
26 – Full Metal Brisket 5.15a
27 – Nu World 5.15a
28 – One Hundred Proof 5.15a
29 – All You Can Eat 5.15a
30 – Chaxi 5.15a
31 – Joe Mama 5.15a
32 – Pachamama 5.15a
33 – Power Inverter 5.15a
34 – Papichulo 5.15a
35 – La Rambla 5.15a
36 – Biographie 5.15a
37 – John Doe’s Space Adventure 5.14d
38 – Bow Valley Challenge 5.14d
39 – Samadhi 5.14d
40 – Omen Nomen 5.14d
41 – Constructor de Sueños 5.14d
42 – Chicos Superlujuriosos 5.14d
43 – Express Yourself 5.14d
44 – Show Your Teeth 5.14d
45 – The Hunted 5.14d
46 – Lion’s Share 5.14d
47 – The Big Wish 5.14d
48 – Tre Mou Polacche 5.14d
49 – Walk the Line 5.14d
50 – Pneuma 5.14d
51 – The Ritual 5.14d
52 – Don’t Die in Linares 5.14d
53 – The Creeping Unknown 5.14d
54 – Pornographie 5.14d
55 – Spirit Quest 5.14d
56 – Resisting Arrest 5.14d
57 – Fuck the System 5.14d
58 – JoeDan 5.14d
59 – La Novena Enmienda 5.14d
60 – Goldrake 5.14d
61 – The Activator 5.14d
62 – Big Bursa 5.14d
63 – Super Pod 5.14d
64 – Phat Club 5.14d
65 – Diarrhea Mouth 5.14d
66 – Pub Crawl 5.14d
67 – Smoke Wagon 5.14d
68 – Ground Zero 5.14d
69 – Mandanga total 5.14d
70 – Life of Villains 5.14d
71 – Spicy Dumpling 5.14d
72 – Ghetto Booty 5.14d
73 – Honour and Glory 5.14d
74 – The Re-Up 5.14d
75 – Bone Tomahawk 5.14d
76 – 20 Años Después 5.14d
77 – La Reina Mora 5.14d
78 – Mutation 5.14d
79 – The Club 5.14d
80 – Planet Garbage 5.14d
81 – Fat Camp 5.14d
82 – Inconformistas 5.14d
83 – Bachelor Party 5.14d
84 – Hyper Finale Right 5.14d
85 – Cabane au Canada ***** 5.14d
86 – Jungfraumarathon ***** 5.14d
87 – Joe-cita 5.14d
88 – Duele la realidad R2 5.14d
89 – Mala Leche 5.14d
90 – Le Cadre Nouvelle Version 5.14d
91 – Estado Crítico 5.14d
92 – Speed intégrale 5.14d
93 – Lülü 5.14d
94 – Spectrum 5.14d
95 – La Lune 5.14d
96 – Moonshine 5.14d
97 – Algorithm 5.14d
98 – Le Reve 5.14d
99 – Shadowboxing 5.14d
100 – Kryptonite 5.14d
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