Dave Graham (climber)


David Ethan Graham is a professional rock climber. Professing to enjoy bouldering the most, he is one of the elite sport climbers and boulderers of his generation. Graham repeats classic routes or boulder problems as well as performing cutting-edge first ascents. He is known for climbing, in 2005 an boulder problem. He is also known for his stance against grade-inflation and for his strong anti-chipping ethic. He writes an ongoing blog for the website of Climbing Magazine.

Biography

Born in Maine, Graham was introduced to climbing in 1997 by one of his skiing teammates. Within a year, he climbed a route. Quickly, he became one of the strongest climbers in the United States. In 2000, he moved in Europe, where he managed to climb two routes and one boulder problem.
In 2005, he climbed an boulder problem, and his first route.

Rock climbing

As of November 2017, Graham climbed 455 routes between and, of which 143 were onsighted:

Boulder problems">Bouldering">Boulder problems

As of November 2018, Graham climbed about 800 boulder problems between and, of which 4 onsighted and 29 flashed: