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Birthday

January 3, 1961 (age 61)

Birthplace

Detroit , Michigan , United States

Carolynn Marie Hill is an American rock climber. Widely regarded as one of the leading competitive climbers, traditional climbers , sport climbers, and boulderers in the world during the late 1980s and early 1990s, she is famous for making the first free ascent of the difficult sheer rock face of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, and for repeating it the next year in less than 24 hours. She has been described as both one of the best female climbers in the world and one of the best climbers of all time. One of the first successful women in the sport, Hill shaped rock climbing for women and became a public spokesperson, helping it gain wider popularity and arguing for sex equality. Hill has publicized climbing by appearing on television shows and documentaries and writing an autobiography, Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World.

Lynn Hill

Hill in Stavanger 2015

Personal information

Born

January 3, 1961 (age 61)
Detroit, Michigan, US

Height

5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)^[1]

Weight

110 lb (50 kg) (1993)^[1]

Climbing career

Type of climber

Highest grade

Redpoint: 8b+/c (5.14a/b)
On-sight: 8a (5.13b)
Bouldering: 7B+ (V8)

Known for

First free ascent (FFA) of The Nose of El Capitan
First 24-hour FFA of The Nose
First-ever woman to redpoint 7b (5.12b), 7b+ (5.12c), 7c (5.12d), 7c+ (5.13a), and 8b+ (5.14a)
First-ever woman to onsight 8a (5.13b)

Sport

Retired

1992

Medal record

Sport Roccia

	1986	Lead
Rock Master
Winner	1987	Lead
Winner	1988	Lead
Winner	1989	Lead
Winner	1990	Lead
Winner	1992	Lead
IFSC Climbing World Cup
Winner	1990	Lead
	1992	Lead

Lynn Hill Wikipedia

Lynn Hill - Bio, Age, Wiki, Facts and Family

Lynn Hill's About

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In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was a legendary competitive rock climber. Her claim to fame is the first free ascent of El Capitan's The Nose in Yosemite Valley.

Lynn Hill Family life

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She was married to Russ Raffa from 1988 to 1991. She then began a relationship with Brad Lynch in 2004.

Lynn Hill Before Fame

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She began her career as a gymnast and went on to break multiple world records in weight lifting and running.

Lynn Hill Trivia

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In 2002, she penned the autobiography Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World.

Associated with

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Both she and Tommy Caldwell have free climbed Yosemite Valley's The Nose.

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Facts About Lynn Hill

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● Lynn Hill was born on January 3, 1961 (age 61) in Detroit, Michigan, United States
● She is a celebrity rock climber

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