Английская Википедия:Alex Waterhouse

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Alex Waterhouse (born 9 April 1997) is a British rock climber, known for competition climbing and achieving ascents on difficult outdoor boulders and lead routes. He was a member of the GB climbing team.

Competition climbing career

Waterhouse began climbing in 2008 at age 11, with the climbing club at Devonport High School for Boys. A few months later he started competing, and by the age of 14 he joined the GB climbing team and entering European competitions.

He competed in three IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships, in Canada in 2013, and New Caledonia and Italy in 2015. In Italy he competed in the lead, boulder, and speed events, attaining 6th place in the overall world rankings. In the same year he become the UK junior bouldering champion, and captain of the GB junior bouldering team.

In 2015, Waterhouse began studying Computer Science at Dartmouth College in the US, during which he won the US collegiate national championship, and climbed Шаблон:Climbing grade and Шаблон:Boulder grade for the first time. He returned to the UK in 2019 to join the GB senior climbing team and compete in the IFSC Climbing World Cup.

In 2023, Waterhouse announced his retirement from competition climbing.

Notable ascents

Boulder

• The Kraken Шаблон:Boulder grade, Hartland Quay, Devon, UK. May 2020. The hardest crack boulder problem in the world.
• Never Envding Story Шаблон:Boulder grade, Magic Wood, Switzerland. July 2020

Lead

• The Fly Шаблон:Climbing grade, Rumney, New Hampshire, US
• Belly Full of Bad Berries Шаблон:Climbing grade (flash), Indian Creek, Utah, US. The third person to flash the route, after Pete Whittaker and Mari Salvesen.
• The Nose (El Capitan) Шаблон:Climbing grade, Yosemite National Park, California, US. Climbing with Billy Ridal, becoming the first British pair to free the route.