Editing Bouldering (section)

== Highball bouldering ==
Highball bouldering is "a sub-discipline of bouldering in which climbers seek out tall, imposing lines to climb ropeless above crash pads."<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 July 2023 |title=The Terrifying Guide to Highball Bouldering |url=https://hardclimbs.info/highball-bouldering/ |access-date=4 January 2025 |website=Hard Climbs |language=en-US}}</ref> It may have begun in 1961 when [[John Gill (climber)|John Gill]], without top-rope rehearsal or bouldering pads (which did not exist),  bouldered a steep face on an {{convert|37|ft|m|round=0.5|order=flip|abbr=on}} granite spire called ''The Thimble''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gill |first=John |date=19 February 2003 |title=Rock Climbing in Custer State Park |url=https://www.mountainproject.com/area/105714549/the-thimble |access-date=4 January 2025 |website=Mountain Project}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Ament |first=Pat |title=A History of Free Climbing in America: Wizards of Rock |date=2002 |publisher=Wilderness Press |isbn=978-0-89997-320-3 |edition=1st |location=Berkeley, California |pages=12}}</ref> In 2002 [[Jason Kehl]] completed the first highball at double-digit V-difficulty, called Evilution, a {{convert|55|ft|m|round=0.5|order=flip|abbr=on}} boulder in the Buttermilks of California, earning the grade of V12.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steele |first=Tim |date=13 January 2007 |title=Climb Evilution, Sierra Eastside |url=https://www.mountainproject.com/route/105908296/evilution |access-date=4 January 2025 |website=Mountain Project}}</ref>

[[File:The_Thimble.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Climber on the Thimble in [[Custer State Park]] in [[South Dakota]] during the 1960s]]

Important milestone ascents in this style include:

* ''Ambrosia'', V11, a {{convert|55|ft|m|round=0.5|order=flip|abbr=on}} boulder in Bishop, California, climbed by [[Kevin Jorgeson]] in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aramyan-Tshimanga |first=Bidimpata-Kerim |date=17 February 2015 |title=Climb Ambrosia, Sierra Eastside |url=https://www.mountainproject.com/route/110088205/ambrosia |access-date=4 January 2025 |website=Mountain Project}}</ref>
*''Too Big to Flail,'' V10, another {{convert|55|ft|m|round=0.5|order=flip|abbr=on}} line in Bishop, California, climbed by [[Alex Honnold]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fauteux |first=Brad |date=20 March 2016 |title=Climb Too Big To Flail, Sierra Eastside |url=https://www.mountainproject.com/route/111711154/too-big-to-flail |access-date=4 January 2025 |website=Mountain Project}}</ref>
*''The Process'', V16, a {{convert|55|ft|m|round=0.5|order=flip|abbr=on}} boulder in Bishop, California, first climbed by [[Daniel Woods]] in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Coté |first=Matt |date=28 September 2017 |title=12 Great Moments in Bouldering History |url=https://www.outsideonline.com/2237961/12-great-moments-bouldering-history |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=Outside Online}}</ref>