Across
- 2. the first pro climber to make it to Hollywood
- 4. A form of climbing gear pro made from knotted rope
- 6. the country where the first indoor climbing gym was constructed
- 8. considered responsible for the birth of big wall climbing
- 11. first rock climbing grading system ever used
- 13. first to free climb El Cap
- 15. one of two people to make the first “naked ascent” of El Cap
- 16. kind of knot is an alpine butterfly knot
- 18. first woman to summit Mount Everest
Down
- 1. where one would see the grade “V-Diff" used to describe a rock climb
- 3. outside corner of rock
- 5. rock climbing was initially a sub sport of which other sport
- 7. first boulderer to climb a V14 and V15
- 9. type of climbing where one would experience the “screaming barfies”
- 10. descending by sliding down a rope
- 12. inventor of the first rock climbing emoji
- 14. What is the call that indicates the slack rope between the climber and the leader has been pulled up
- 17. one of two people to make the first “naked ascent” of El Cap