Katie Lamb Explained

Katie Lamb
Nationality:	American
Birth Date:	September 16, 1997
Birth Place:	Lexington, Massachusetts
Education:	Stanford University (BA Computer Science, MA Environmental Engineering)
Occupation:	Rock climber, computer scientist
Knownfor:	First-ever woman to climb an boulder

Katie Lamb (born September 16, 1997) is an American rock climber who specializes in bouldering, and who in 2023 became the first-ever woman in history to climb an graded boulder.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Early life

Lamb started out at the Boston Rock Gym where she initially focused on competition lead climbing, however despite initial promise (she won the 2012 PanAmerican Youth Championships), her studies at Stanford University in computer science kept her away from being able to focus full-time on climbing.^[4] After graduation, Lamb told Climbing that she embarked on an "endless climbing trip, supporting her climbing with a mixture of sponsorships and a 20-hour-per-week data science job". Lamb is a worker-owner of Catalyst Cooperative.^[5]

Notable ascents

In February 2023, Lamb did the first female ascent of Spectre in The Buttermilks.^[6]

On July 28, 2023, Lamb did the first female ascent of Daniel Woods' 2018 route, Box Therapy, at the RMNP, becoming the first female climber ever to climb an graded boulder route.^{[7] [8] [9]}

See also

• Tomoko Ogawa, first female climber of an graded boulder
• Angie Payne, first female climber of an graded boulder
• Ashima Shiraishi, first female climber of an graded boulder

External links

• Box Therapy (V16/8C+), HardClimbs (2023)
• The 22 Best Boulderers in the World, HardClimbs (2023)
• VIDEO: Katie Lamb on New Base Line (8B+/V14), UKClimbing Magazine (2023)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Katie Lamb Makes History With V16 Send. Aaron . Pardy . September 6, 2023 . Gripped Magazine.
2. Web site: UKClimbing . 6 September 2023 . 30 September 2023 . Xa . White . Katie Lamb becomes the first woman to climb 8C+.
3. Web site: . Katie Lamb performs the first female 8C+ with 'The box therapy' . 6 September 2023 . 30 September 2023 . es. es.
4. Web site: . Katie Lamb is Quietly Ticking Through the World's Hardest Classics. Steven. Potter. March 10, 2022.
5. Web site: Meet the Team . 2024-06-08 . Catalyst Cooperative . en-US.
6. Web site: Katie Lamb Sends the Hardest Boulder of Her Life. Aaron. Pardy. April 14, 2023. Gripped Magazine.
7. Web site: Katie Lamb Sends "Box Therapy"—Becoming the First Woman to Climb V16 . Potter . Steven . 5 September 2023 . . 5 September 2023.
8. ktlambies . Cw0gZKwPj3c . Box Therapy (V16) . 5 September 2023.
9. Web site: Clarke . Owen . 2023-09-14 . Katie Lamb Exclusive Interview: First Woman to Send V16 with "Box Therapy" . 2023-09-19 . Climbing House . en-US.