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Lynn Hill

American rock climber; first person to free climb The Nose on El Capitan

2 sourced records. Each exercise has a top recorded mark and its evidence. Check the date, age, effort and method before you compare.

Lynn Hill bench press

Lynn Hill's recorded bench press is 150 lb. Source date: 2016-06-14. The effort is unknown. The source at trainingbeta.com gives this mark. Source type: interview.

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TrainingBeta interview about past weight training · Historical bench press goal she says she achieved

Source quote and limits

“did reach that goal of lifting/bench pressing 150 pounds”

TBP 055 :: Lynn Hill (need I say more?)

The written interview transcript says she reached her 150 lb bench press goal while studying at UNLV. Exact feat date, reps and bodyweight are unknown. Date is the episode date, confirmed in the publisher archive. The record does not claim a sanctioned world record or a one-rep maximum. She places the lift in her UNLV student years with John Long (around 1980), about 35 years before the stored 2016 episode date.

2016
- Bench press150 lb
  Effort unknownHistorical bench press goal she says she achieved
  Said in an interview, trainingbeta.com2016-06-14
  Quote and details
  “did reach that goal of lifting/bench pressing 150 pounds”
  TBP 055 :: Lynn Hill (need I say more?)TrainingBeta interview about past weight training

Lynn Hill The Nose, El Capitan — free ascent

Lynn Hill's recorded The Nose, El Capitan — free ascent is 23:00:00. Performance date: 1994-09-19. Age at the time: 33. The recorded effort was a max or PR. The source at publications.americanalpineclub.org gives this mark. Source type: book.

The Nose in a day

Source quote and limits

“When I arrived at the summit after 23 hours”

First Free Ascent of the Nose in a Day

Hill’s own account in the 1995 American Alpine Journal gives a September 19 start at 10 PM and completion after 23 hours. The 1994 ascent spans September 19–20. The elapsed duration includes rests and has hour precision. The climber used a rope for protection and freed every pitch; this is a free ascent, with falls and repeated attempts described in the account.

1994
- The Nose, El Capitan — free ascent23:00:00
  Max or PR
  Book, publications.americanalpineclub.org1994-09-19 · age 33
  Quote and details
  “When I arrived at the summit after 23 hours”
  First Free Ascent of the Nose in a DayThe Nose in a day

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