Redpoint (climbing)

[4] The term hangdogging is where the climber rests on the rope after falling but then restarts climbing without returning to the ground, which is not a redpoint.

[10][11] Notable examples include Austrian climber Beat Kammerlander [de]'s greenpoint of Prinzip Hoffnung (5.14a R, 2009) in Bürs in Austria, and Canadian Sonnie Trotter's greenpoint of The Path (5.14a R, 2007) in Lake Louise, Alberta,[12][13] and of East Face (Monkey Face) (5.13d R, 2004) at Smith Rocks.

[18] The English term "redpoint" is a loan translation of the German Rotpunkt that was coined by Kurt Albert in the mid-1970s at Frankenjura.

His first Rotpunkt was the aid climbing route Adolf-Rott-Gedächtnis-Weg (V+/A1) at the Streitberger Schild crag in the Frankenjura, which he freed at 6a+ (5.10b) in 1975.

[1] Albert got the idea for the "red dot" from the logo and name of a brand of German coffee and kettle maker.

[21] As of May 2024, the world's hardest redpointed routes are Silence by Adam Ondra, DNA [de] by Seb Bouin, and B.I.G.

[22] As of May 2024, four female climbers Angela Eiter, Laura Rogora, Julia Chanourdie, and Anak Verhoeven have redpointed established routes at the grade of 9b (5.15b).