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Ray Jardine
Personal information
Born
1944 (age 79–80) Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Occupation
Computer scientist
Climbing career
Type of climber
Traditional climbing
Big wall climbing
Highest grade
Redpoint: 5.13a (7c+)
Known for
First to climb consensus 5.13a (7c+)
First to free climb the West Face of El Capitan
Inventor of spring-loaded camming devices ("friends")
First ascents
The Phoenix (5.13a, 1977)
Ray Jardine (born in 1944) is an American rock climber and rock-climbing equipment innovator, who specialized in traditional climbing and big wall climbing. In 1997, Jardine made the first free ascent of The Phoenix, which was the first-ever consensus route at the grade of 5.13a (7c+) in climbing history. In 1979, with Bill Price, he became the first to free climb the West Face of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
Jardine is noted for inventing and developing the spring-loaded camming devices (SCLDs, also called "Friends") with the late Mark Vallance,[1][2] which revolutionized traditional climbing in the late 1970s.[3] He is also noted for his major contributions to the ultralight backpacking community through his books and his "make-it-yourself" gear company, Ray-Way Products.[4]
^"Wild Country: The man who made Friends".
^"Wild Country: The man who made Friends".
^Messenger, Alex (September 2011). "The Story of the First Wild Country Friend". ukclimbing.com. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
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