Lynn Hill

Lynn Hill

Actor

Detroit, Michigan, USA
January 3, 1961

Biography

Carolynn Marie Hill (born January 3, 1961) is an American rock climber. Widely regarded as one of the leading competition climbers, traditional climbers (and particularly big wall 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.

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Lynn Hill 1

Representative Works

Metanoia
Metanoia
10.0
/ English
First Ascent
First Ascent
8.0
/ English
The Network
The Network
10.0
/ English
Extreme
Extreme
6.3
/ English
Vertical Frontier
Vertical Frontier
9.0
/ English
Valley Uprising
Valley Uprising
7.7
/ English
Moving Over Stone II
Moving Over Stone II
No Rating Yet
/ English
Break on Through
Break on Through
10.0
/ English
Rocky Mountain Highball
Rocky Mountain Highball
No Rating Yet
/ English
Climbing the Nose
Climbing the Nose
No Rating Yet
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Metanoia
2014Winner

Best Performance

Metanoia

First Ascent
1982Winner

Best Performance

First Ascent

The Network
2013Winner

Best Performance

The Network

Career Highlights

Extreme
1999Highlight

Best Performance

Extreme

Vertical Frontier
2002Highlight

Best Performance

Vertical Frontier

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