Lynn Hill

To me, Lynn Hill is one of the great figures in climbing, full stop. At just 157 cm, she made the first free ascent of The Nose on El Capitan, a feat the strongest men of her era could not match, then went back and repeated it in under a day. In a sport long coded as male, she won with technique, balance and sheer stubborn will rather than brute force. Her reported line, It goes, boys, still gives me chills. I admire people who refuse to accept the limits others draw for them, and Hill is the purest example I know.

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Name (English)

Lynn Hill

Name (Japanese)

リン・ヒル

Reading

りん・ひる

Born

January 3, 1961 (age 65)

Origin

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Height

157 cm

Occupation

rock climber

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Ox

University

Fullerton College

• Official sitehttps://www.lynnhillclimbing.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn%20Hill
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q469872

Tags

• Michigan
• rock climber

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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