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).

Kurt Albert climbing at the "Streitberger Schild" near Streitberg, Frankenjura , Germany, where the first Rotpunkt was made in 1975. [ 1 ]