First climber to send .14?

Wolfgang Gullich...

Alex Catlin (who???) was one of the first Americans to climb a 14.

Ed, Alex has climbed a few 5.14's but I dont think he did one until like 97. A fair number of them had been established by Yanks at that point.

Ed Wright wrote:Alex Catlin (who???) was one of the first Americans to climb a 14.

Magic, Alex is one of my best friends. But he was the first Texan to climb 14. Clayton Reagan was the 1st Texan to really freak me out.

Hank, credit where credit is due.
Alex was perhaps the first Texan to climb 5.14,
but your little buddy Fred used to pull off moves
that the rest of us could only dream about. He was
off the V chart to this day.

Fred Going through the California Agriculture
Quarantine is one of the best climber non climbing
stories of all time.

Monomaniac wrote: Just to close the loop, I sent To Bolt or Not To Be today. IMO, solid at 14a. Harder than Scarface, but for me, not by much. They are pretty different in style. Scarface was really hard for me. Vertical crimps with small feet (To Bolt) is more up my alley.

That is f'king awesome! Congrats dude!

Thanks Jay & Deaun. Now I can go back to Tad climbing!

Monomaniac wrote: Just to close the loop, I sent To Bolt or Not To Be today. IMO, solid at 14a. Harder than Scarface, but for me, not by much. They are pretty different in style. Scarface was really hard for me. Vertical crimps with small feet (To Bolt) is more up my alley.

Outstanding... Way to go.

Mono, HOLY CRAP! Nice work bro!

P.S.- Which Fred?
Knakovic maybe? Let's talk.

Mark was kind enough to re-write the To Bolt description for us: To Bolt Or Not To Be

Monomaniac wrote: Just to close the loop, I sent To Bolt or Not To Be today. IMO, solid at 14a. Harder than Scarface, but for me, not by much. They are pretty different in style. Scarface was really hard for me. Vertical crimps with small feet (To Bolt) is more up my alley.

5 stars! that is impressive!