Lynn Hill

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lynn Hill
Occupation	Rock Climber
Date Of Birth	Jan 3, 1961(1961-01-03)
Age	63
Birthplace	Detroit
Country	United States
Birth City	Michigan
Horoscope	Capricorn

Lynn Hill Biography

Lynn Hill is one of the most popular and richest Rock Climber who was born on January 3, 1961 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Legendary rock climber and competitor of the late 1980s, 1990s. Her greatest achievement was her first free ascent on Yosemite Valley’s El Capitan.

She and Both she and Tommy Caldwell have free climbed Yosemite Valley’s The Nose. both climbed Yosemite Valley’s The Nose for free.

Carolynn Marie “Lynn” Hill (born January 3, 1961) is a U.S. rock climber. Widely regarded as one of the leading competitive sport climbers 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.

Hill climbed with and became involved with climber John Long at the end of the 1970s. Their relationship began in the summer of 1978 when she heard him recite a poem he had written about a female climber and what kind of man she wanted.Hill and Long climbed together and worked out together, lifting weights and running. It was at his suggestion that she attempted to break the world record for the bench press in her weight class (105 pounds (48 kg)); however, while she could easily lift 150 pounds (68 kg) while training, in competition she froze. Hill and Long spent the winter of 1981 in Las Vegas, Nevada climbing during the day and working nights at “dead end jobs” like pizza waitress.

From 1988 to 1991, she was married to Russ Raffa. In 2004, she began a relationship and married Brad Lynch.

Lynn Hill Net Worth

Lynn Hill is one of the richest Rock Climber from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lynn Hill 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was a gymnast in her youth and almost broke many weight lifting world records.

She wrote the autobiography, Climbing free: My Life in the Vertical Universe in 2002.

In her autobiography, Hill explains how she had “underestimated” how complicated climbing The Nose in a day would be with a film crew. Endless complications arose, such as the American coproducer backing out at the last minute, the soundman and cameraman refusing to rappel down the summit because they were afraid, and minor technical problems such as dead batteries. Hill herself had to coordinate many of the logistics because the producer had abandoned the project. Her first attempt to free climb The Nose in a day was plagued with problems. She ran out of chalk after 22 pitches, very nearly ran out of water and was taxed by the intense heat. She tried again soon after. On September 19 at 10pm, she and her partner Steve Sutton, began the ascent again, this time without a film crew. After 23 hours, she had free climbed the entire route. In his book on the changing culture of Yosemite climbers, Joseph Taylor explains that Hill’s ascent of The Nose demonstrates how climbing in the Yosemite Valley had altered from its origins in 1960s counterculture to become a “consumable experience”. Hill staged what he describes as a “spectacle”, filming the event “to capture the spontaneity of her one-day ascent”, but she was only successful when not surrounded by a film crew.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Lynn Hill Dating?

According to our records, Lynn Hill married to Russ Raffa. As of December 1, 2023, Lynn Hill’s is not dating anyone.

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Throughout the early 1980s, Hill had remained a traditionalist, but after her 1986 trip to Europe, she started adopting many sport climbing techniques. For instance, she had resisted hang-dogging (hanging on the rope at any point during the climb), holding with the philosophy that it was cheating, but after experimenting with it during her ascent of Vandals, she found it a useful way to learn challenging climbs. During the mid-1980s, there was great tension in the climbing community between traditionalists and new sport climbers. There was even a “Great Debate” in 1986 at the American Alpine Club at which a panel of all-star participants—including Hill—were invited to discuss the merits of the two different styles, especially sport climbing that required the insertion of fixed bolts into the rock. Hill has argued that “the purpose of climbing is to adapt yourself to the rock. You work on yourself to overcome the obstacle of the rock … I believe climbers should leave the rock as unaltered as possible … you have a responsibility not only to put in safe bolts but to put them in logical places—to do the least possible alteration of the rock to establish the best possible experience for others”.

Facts & Trivia

Lynn Ranked on the list of most popular Rock Climber. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Lynn Hill celebrates birthday on January 3 of every year.

Hill was a gymnast early in life, nearly broke a world record lifting weights, and ran competitively. She took to climbing at a young age, showing a natural aptitude for the activity, and became a part of the climbing community in Southern California and Camp 4 in Yosemite Valley. She traveled around the United States during the early 1980s climbing increasingly difficult routes and setting records for first female ascents and for first ascents. From 1986 to 1992 Hill was one of the world’s most accomplished sport climbers, winning over thirty international titles, including five victories at the Arco Rock Master. This coincided with the era when the leading female climbers caught up with the leading men. In 1992, Hill left competitive climbing and returned to her first love: traditional climbing. She set for herself the challenge of free climbing The Nose of El Capitan, her greatest climbing feat. Hill continues to climb and has not stopped taking on ambitious climbs. As of 2013, she was a sponsored athlete for the Patagonia gear and clothing company and owned a small business that offered climbing courses.

How old was Lynn Hill when she free climbed The Nose?

Bearing this in mind it’s worth taking a moment to consider the monumental first free ascent of The Nose, carried out back in 1993 over a four-day period in mid-September by 32-year-old Lynn Hill partnered by Brooke Sandahl.

Does Lynn Hill still climb?

She set for herself the challenge of free climbing The Nose of El Capitan, her greatest climbing feat. Hill continues to climb and has not stopped taking on ambitious climbs.

How old is Lynn Hill?

61 years (January 3, 1961)

How many people have free soloed El Capitan?

And perhaps the most notorious route on El Capitan is The Nose. In the past, only six people had successfully free climbed this route, and on Nov. 11, 2019, Belgian climber Sébastien Berthe became the 7th. (He also became the first person ever to free climb the route from the ground up.)

Who belayed Lynn Hill on The Nose?

It was she who unlocked the impossible crux pitch The Great Roof and subsequently freed the entire route over a 4-day period in 4 days in September 1993, belayed by Brooke Sandahl.