Pro climber
Dave
Graham
One of the great first ascensionists of his generation: 9a+ on a rope, 8C+ above pads, and firm opinions on what a grade should mean.
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Find the line
then find the easiest way up it
A skiing teammate took Dave climbing in 1997. Within a year he had climbed The Present (8b+). In 2001 he made the fourth ascent of Action Directe and the first ascent of Psychedelic (9a). He moved to Europe in 2005 and promptly left his name all over Ticino: The Story of Two Worlds in Cresciano, From Dirt Grows the Flowers in Chironico, and the 9a+ Coup de Grace in Val Bavona.
More than twenty years later he is still at it, with first ascents of 8C+ boulders such as Euclase (2022). Dave is famous for two things besides climbing hard: he does not do grade inflation, and he does not do chipping. If he says it is hard, bring skin.
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