Jonathan Siegrist, American Gangster In Yangshuo
Jonathan Siegrist, fresh off an impressive fall trip to the Red River Gorge, makes fast work of several hard routes in Yangshuo, China.
Climber Profile
Jonathan Siegrist
Appeared in 55 posts between 2009 and 2015.
Ten years later
Where are they now?
One of the top American sport climbers of his era, Siegrist was among the first Americans to climb 9b. He made the first ascent of Jumbo Love extension and has continued projecting and repeating cutting-edge routes. Known for his methodical, powerful approach.
The Archive
All 55 posts
2009
Not A Bad Ticklist…For A Lifetime
Jonathan Siegrist's ticklist at the Red River Gorge continues to grow
Adam Taylor Punches Golden Ticket At The Red
Adam Taylor opens perhaps the most difficult line at the Red River Gorge
Jonathan Siegrist Is Motivated, Sends Lucifer (5.14c) With Quickness
Jonathan Siegrist rolls into the Red River Gorge in Kentucky and promptly sends one of the area's hardest sport climbs
News & Notes – 08/28/2009
Sport climbing news from France and Colorado and a slew of notes...
2010
Popular Posts & Videos For November 2010
ClimbingNarc.com was dominated by one topic in November: Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson's push to free their Dawn Wall project on El Cap. Thanks to modern technology we were abl...
Jonathan Siegrist Does FA Of Twenty Four Karats (5.14c) At Red River Gorge
Jonathan Siegrist cleans up another longstanding 5.14 project at Kentucky's Red River Gorge
Productive Weekend At The Red River Gorge For Siegrist & Pringle
It was a busy weekend for hard sending at the Red River Gorge's Chocolate Factory with Jonathan Siegrist and Ethan Pringle both sending hard 5.14s
News & Notes - 11/03/2010
News & Notes from Rifle, the Red River Gorge, Switzerland, the Petzl Roc Trip and more...
FFA Of Grand Ol' Opry (5.14) By Paige Claassen
Paige Claasen has succeed in repeating Grand Ol' Opry (5.14) for its first female ascent and only its 4th ascent overall
What's In The Mags: September 2010
A look at the the issues of Climbing, Rock & Ice, Deadpoint and Urban Climber for September 2010
Kryptonite (5.14d) Repeated By Jonathan Siegrist
Jonathan Siegrists succeeds in his quest to repeat Kryptonite (5.14d) at the Fortress of Solitude in western Colorado
Multiple 5.14s In Rifle By Joe Kinder
Joe Kinder reports on his blog that he did the FA of Waka Flocka , a possible 5.14b he bolted in Rifle, CO after relocating to the Western Slope last month. Kinder also repeated Li...
Weekend News
A few notable sends that caught my eye recently and sad news from the Alps...
5.14a FFA For Paige Claassen In Washington
In his latest blog entry Jonathan Siegrist reports that Paige Claassen has done the FFA of Motley Crux (5.14a) at Deep Creek near Spokane, WA.
2009 Year In Review Part 4
A look back at what was making news the last 3 months of 2009
2011
Adam Taylor Brings 5.15 To The Red River Gorge
Red River Gorge local Adam Taylor ushers in the era of 5.15 at the Red
5.14c Repeats By Spannuth & Zachariash
A pair of climbers continue their rapid rise up the grading scale
The Key To Being World Cup Champion?
With Austrian climbers winning the recent sport climbing World Cup in Boulder as well as the overall Boulder World Cup title , you might be wondering what their secret to success i...
Pure Imagination (5.14d) Repeated By Sasha DiGiulian
Sasha DiGiulian continues to amaze, this time repeating a 5.14d in the Red River Gorge
2nd Ascent Of Twenty Four Karats (5.14c)
Adam Taylor has done the likely 2nd ascent of Jonathan Siegrist's Twenty Four Karats (5.14c) in Kentucky's Red River Gorge. While generally preferring to live life under the online...
Jonathan Siegrist Goes Shadowboxing In Rifle
Nearing the end of his time in Rifle for the season, Jonathan Siegrist adds a new testpiece to the canyon
Popular Posts & Videos For September 2011
Popular posts and videos for September 2011
Video Friday - 9/23/2011
Video Friday videos one day early....
Bad Girls Club (5.14d) Repeated By Joe Kinder
After getting a lot of love from first ascensionist Matty Hong and second ascensionist Jonathan Siegrist , it's only fitting that only a short time after returning to the States fr...
Sendtember Well Under Way In Rifle
Jonathan Siegrist, Sam Elias and Keller Rinaudo kick off sendtember in Rifle, CO
Bad Girls Club (5.14d) Repeated By Jonathan Siegrist
Not long after its FA by Matty Hong , Jonathan Siegrist has, according to my spies, done the 2nd ascent of Bad Girls Club (5.14d) in Rifle, CO. More details to come, I'm sure, on S...
Popular Posts & Videos For August 2011
The most popular posts & videos from August 2011
Bouldering World Cup Champs Fischhuber & Stöhr To Appear On ClimbTalk Radio
On Friday, September 2 reigning World Cup Bouldering champs Kilian Fischhuber and Anna Stöhr will be live in studio for Boulder, Colorado's ClimbTalk radio show. Other guests sched...
News & Notes - 8/17/2011
News & Notes from Jonathan Siegrist, 5.14d and V14 in a week by Jorg Verhoeven, a hard mult-pitch gets repeated and MUCH more...
News & Notes - 8/3/2011
A few lingering pieces of News & Notes left over from my recent vacation...
Productive Trip To Washington For Jonathan Siegrist
Jonathan Siegrist leaves behind two 5.14 FAs after a successful trip to Washington
Siegrist Just Does It
Jonathan Siegrist tweeted yesterday that he has done J. B. Tribout's Just Do It (5.14b or c) in Smith Rock, OR. Look for further updates on his excellent blog .
2nd Ascent Of Pure Imagination (5.14d) By Adam Taylor
DPM reports with an interview that Adam Taylor has done the 2nd ascent of Jonathan Siegrist's Pure Imagination (5.14d) at the Red River Gorge in Kentucky. This is Taylor's 2nd 5.14...
Golden Direct (5.14d) Repeated By Jonathan Siegrist
Jonathan Siegrist does the likely 3rd ascent of a hard Joe Kinder testpiece in southern Utah
2011 SCS Open National Championships Start Tomorrow
While the annual ABS Nationals bouldering competition seems to generate a lot of buzz among competitors and spectators alike, the yearly SCS Nationals sport climbing competition al...
Necessary Evil (5.14c) Repeated By Jonathan Siegrist
After an extended battle against "frustration, terribly fickle conditions, and some severely height dependent cruxes" Jonathan Siegrist clips the chains on Necessary Evil (5.14c)
Thoughts On My First Outdoor Retailer Trade Show
Last week I made the journey out to Salt Lake City to take in the sights and sounds of my first Outdoor Retailer Trade Show. Some people go there to learn about the new gear, othe...
Video Friday - 1/21/2011
Video Friday videos from Fontainebleau, Arkansas, Paul Robinson & Jonathan Siegrist
Video Of Jonathan Siegrist On Twenty Four Karats (5.14c) At The Red River Gorge
Arc'teryx has a nice video up on their website of Jonathan Siegrist climbing on his new route Twenty Four Karats (5.14c) at Kentucky's Red River Gorge . Check it out here .
2013
America's Best 5.14s
Lists are all the rage on the internet these days and they are usually pretty much the worst thing ever. Then there is this list of the best 5.14s in America compiled by Jonathan S...
Chris Sharma To Join Dawn Wall Team
So... this is happening (maybe...hopefully) : Chris Sharma will join Tommy Caldwell, Kevin Jorgeson, and Jonathan Siegrist for this fall's attempts on the Dawn Wall , a multi-year...
More 5.14s In Idaho From Jonathan Siegrist
Jonathan Siegriest has wrapped up a successful trip to the Fins in southeast Idaho, adding a few new 5.14s to what is becoming a pretty fully developed wall for hard face climbing:...
Caldwell, Mills Climb First 5.14 On The Diamond
Impressive: Tommy Caldwell and Joe Mills have redpointed the first 5.14 route up the Diamond on Longs Peak, the premier granite wall in Colorado's high mountains. The two free-clim...
Video Friday - 8/16/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
The Almighty
Jonathan Siegrist writes about his experience repeating a mixed route called The Almight y (5.14a) in Teton Canyon, WY that was first done by local Ty Mack in 2011 : This is one of...
Jonathan Siegrist Repeats Moonshine (5.14d)
Jonathan Siegrist, writing on his blog about his 4th ascent of BJ Tilden's finger tendon nightmare Moonshine (5.14d) at the Wild Iris: In the end it was this rad community that got...
Underwhelmed
Jonathan Siegrist, writing about the end of his time in Las Vegas for the season as well as a brief visit he made to the much-hyped limestone in Ely, NV: To be downright honest I w...
2014
Video Friday - 10/17/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week...
Jonathan Siegrist's Story On Biographie
Footage of Jonathan Siegrist on Biographie
"Like a banshee"
Jonathan Siegrist, in an email exchange with Rock & Ice regarding his recent repeat of Biographie : R&I: Did you scream like Sharma when you stuck the jug near the top? JS: Like a...
Jonthan Siegrist Repeats Biographie (5.15a)
After a prolonged battle, Jonathan Siegriest has completed his hardest redpoint to date with a repeat of Chris Sharma's Biographie (5.15a) in Céüse, France.
Video Friday - 4/25/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week..
La Lune
After leaving empty handed last year, Jonathan Siegrist returns to Las Vegas and makes quick work of his project in Arrow Canyon, La Lune : I invested so much in this route and spe...
