If you’re a regular here, you would know that we love featuring women from the sports and fitness world. We have already made listicles about the gorgeous babes of sports like volleyball, surfing, and anything else (heck, even the wives of Nascar dudes)… so you better check them out.
Okay, so now back to what we got here for you. You do know that wall climbing is a sexy activity, right? I mean, just look at how these babes flaunt not just their strengths and agility but also their glorious physique (though not intentionally). So here they are, folks, in no particular order of hotness…
Sasha DiGiulian
Sasha DiGiulian is an American professional rock climber and one of the strongest athletes to ever hang off the side of a cliff for fun. She’s best known for her outdoor sport climbing and big wall feats, racking up an impressive list of first female ascents, three U.S. National Championship titles, and even a Female Overall World Championship.
Widely considered one of the best free climbers in the world today, Sasha has completed more than 30 first female ascents and eight major first ascents—basically making history every time she ties into a rope. She started climbing at age seven, inspired by legendary climber Lynn Hill, and by 18 she became only the third woman ever to climb a 9a (5.14d) route, taking on the Red River Gorge in Kentucky like it was her local gym.
Her career since then? Just a casual world tour of iconic rock faces. She made the first female ascent of Magic Mushroom on the North Face of the Eiger in 2015, then completed the first-ever ascent of The Misty Wall in Yosemite in 2017. And most recently, in autumn 2025, she became the first woman to free climb El Capitan’s longest route: the 914-meter (3,000-foot) Platinum Wall. No big deal—just redefining what’s possible in climbing.
Margo Hayes
Margo Hayes is an American professional rock climber from Boulder, Colorado—basically the hometown of people who casually climb things the rest of us would panic just looking at. In 2016, she dominated the IFSC World Youth Championships in Guangzhou, winning both bouldering and lead climbing. Then in 2017, she made history as the first woman ever to climb a 9a+ (5.15a) route. And because one historic moment wasn’t enough, in 2019, she became the first woman to complete the legendary “9a+ Trilogy.”
Margo shook the climbing world when she sent La Rambla in Spain in February 2017, raising the bar for female climbers everywhere. She held the record for nine months before Angela Eiter pushed the limit even further to 9b—but hey, someone has to blaze the trail.
Before conquering cliffs, Margo was actually a national-level gymnast at age eight. Two years later, she discovered climbing and joined Boulder’s Team ABC, where she honed her now-famous focus and drive. In the year leading up to La Rambla, she ticked off 14 routes graded 5.14a or harder, basically treating elite climbs like items on a grocery list.
Her historic ascent of La Rambla took 17 attempts over seven days—then, with zero chill, she followed it up by sending Realization/Biographie shortly after. When Margo gets momentum, she gets momentum.
Janja Garnbret
Janja Garnbret is a Slovenian professional rock climber and is widely considered the greatest competitive climber of all time. She’s a two-time Olympic gold medalist and a 10-time World Champion, and ever since her senior debut in 2015, she has basically treated the competition circuit like her personal playground.
Though she’s best known for competition climbing, Janja proved she’s just as unstoppable outdoors when she and fellow Slovenian climber Domen Škofic scaled the 360-meter Trbovlje Power Station—a climb that looked less like a casual ascent and more like a superhero audition tape.
And honestly, her potential beyond the IFSC World Cup feels almost unlimited. She’s the only climber in history to go undefeated for an entire season, and she made winning the sport’s first Olympic gold medal in Tokyo look effortless. Whatever Janja decides to climb next, the rest of the world just tries to keep up.
Angela Eiter
Angela Eiter is an Austrian professional rock climber and a legend in both competition and sport climbing. In lead competitions alone, she dominated three consecutive IFSC World Cups (2004–2006) and picked up four World Championship titles—basically speed-running the sport before speed climbing was even trendy. By 2011, she had racked up her 25th World Cup win and 42nd podium, numbers most athletes only dream about.
But Angela didn’t stop at competitions. Outdoors, she became one of the strongest sport climbers in the world. In 2017, she made history as the first woman ever to climb a 9b (5.15b) route with her ascent of La Planta de Shiva. Then in 2020, she raised the bar again, becoming the first woman to complete the first free ascent of a 9b route, Madame Ching. Yes—“first ever” is kind of her brand.
Angela’s climbing journey started when she was 11, discovering the sport at school. She won her first world title at just 17, then kept leveling up outdoors: her first 8c+ (5.14c) was Claudio Café in Italy at age 21. By 2014, she had climbed three 9a (5.14d) routes—Hades and Big Hammer in Austria, and Era Vella in Spain. The following year, she began trying La Planta de Shiva, the climb that would eventually cement her in climbing history.
Jain Kim
Jain Kim is a professional climber who specializes in competition climbing, particularly lead and bouldering. She’s one of the sport’s most decorated athletes, with three Lead World Cup titles (2010, 2013, 2014), a Lead World Championship win (2014), a Rock Master victory (2010), and an incredible 14 Asian Championship titles in 15 years. Eleven of those were in lead climbing and three in bouldering—basically, she collected gold medals the way most people collect coffee punch-card stamps.
Climbing was practically destiny for Jain. Her parents bonded over mountaineering, and she grew up watching her older brothers scale walls. Naturally, she joined in—because what kid wouldn’t want to follow their siblings straight up a vertical surface?
Since 2009, Jain has consistently risen to the top, snagging first-place finishes in IFSC World Cup events year after year. But her achievements go beyond competitions. In May 2017, she climbed the 555-meter Lotte World Tower in Seoul—yes, the tallest building in South Korea—because apparently gravity just doesn’t apply to her.
And in 2023, Jain proved she’s still a powerhouse by becoming the oldest woman to win a Lead World Cup, taking gold in Chamonix at 34. Age? Just a number. Victories? Still stacking.
Jessica Pilz
Jessica Pilz is an Austrian professional rock climber who specializes in competition climbing, and she’s one of the sport’s most consistent powerhouses. She even brought home a bronze medal in the combined bouldering and lead event at the 2024 Summer Olympics—no big deal, just Olympic hardware.
Her climbing story started fast. Literally one month after she first touched a climbing wall, she entered a local competition… and that was the beginning of everything. She moved on to national events soon after, and once she broke into the top four, she earned the right to compete internationally in the Youth B category. From 2011 to 2015, she won six international youth competitions in lead climbing—clearly wasting no time climbing the ranks.
In 2019, Pilz placed 10th in the Combined World Championships, which qualified her for the Tokyo Olympics, where she finished seventh overall. Then in August 2023, she placed second in the World Championship combined event, earning herself another spot at the Games.
Jessica’s career is basically proof that when you start strong, you stay strong—and maybe enter an Olympic era while you’re at it.
Oriane Bertone
Oriane Bertone is a French rock climber who shines in competition climbing but is equally impressive in sport climbing and bouldering—basically, if it involves going up something, she’s good at it.
Her talent was obvious early. In 2018, at just 12 years old, she became the youngest person ever to send a V14 (8B+) boulder problem. Most kids her age were worrying about homework; Oriane was making climbing history. Then in 2020, at 15, she completed the first ascent of Satan I Helvete Low (V15) in Fontainebleau, because apparently she does not believe in easing into things.
She’s also proven she can go toe-to-toe with the best, even beating Olympic champion Janja Garnbret. In 2023, she earned two second-place finishes at the IFSC Climbing World Cup events in the USA and South Korea—solidifying her place as one of the sport’s rising stars.
Oriane climbs with a mix of power and pure joy, and her motivation seems to grow just as fast as her achievements. If this is what she’s done before turning 20, the climbing world better buckle up.
Natalia Grossman
Natalia Grossman is an American professional rock climber who specializes in competition climbing, representing the United States in both bouldering and lead at the IFSC World Cup. With 22 World Cup podiums, including 11 gold medals, she’s one of the sport’s most decorated athletes—and the only climber ever to win four consecutive overall bouldering titles. In other words, she didn’t just join the world stage… she built herself a throne.
Natalia discovered climbing at age six during a visit to a gym, and it was love at first wall. What started as a once-a-week hobby quickly snowballed into competitions—because when you’re good, you’re good.
Her breakthrough came in 2019 at the IFSC Youth World Championships in Arco, Italy, where she earned silver in both bouldering and the combined event. After winning the 2020 USA Climbing Bouldering Open National Championship, Natalia launched into the 2021 season with one of the strongest competitive debuts the sport has ever seen.
And while she’s best known for her bouldering dominance, she’s no one-trick climber—she’s also earned four lead climbing podiums and a silver medal at the World Championships, proving she’s a threat on any wall she touches.
Angie Scarth-Johnson
Angie Scarth-Johnson is an Australian rock climber who started breaking records before most kids learn long division. At just nine years old, she became the youngest person ever to climb a 5.13d (8b) route. Born on May 20, 2004, in Canberra, she also has Spanish heritage on her mother’s side—clearly a mix that produces very strong climbers.
Angie’s love for climbing began the classic way: scaling every tree in sight. After she fell out of one at age seven, her dad decided to redirect her talents somewhere safer—or at least slightly safer—and took her to a local climbing gym. From that moment on, the walls stood no chance.
Her talent showed instantly. At nine, she sent her first 8b (grade 31) route, Swingline, in the Red River Gorge in the U.S. A year later, she upped the ante by climbing Welcome to Tijuana, an 8c (grade 33) route in Rodellar, Spain. Not bad for someone who hadn’t even hit double digits yet.
Petra Klingler
Petra Klingler is a Swiss rock climber—and now retired competition climber—known for being one of the most versatile athletes the sport has ever seen. She didn’t just stick to one discipline; she competed in bouldering, speed climbing, lead climbing, and ice climbing. If it involved going up something, Petra was there.
A third-generation climber, Petra started her journey at age six and was already winning competitions by 12, snagging her first lead climbing victory. Since then, her résumé has filled up fast: World Bouldering Champion, Swiss Champion in both Speed and Bouldering, and European Championships bronze medalist in Bouldering.
Her superpower? Versatility. Petra isn’t just world-class on rock—she’s a force in ice climbing, too. Ice, rock, walls… she does it all. With her eyes once set on Olympic sport climbing—which combines speed, bouldering, and lead—she proved she could excel in every part of the sport, not just one.
Shauna Coxsey
Shauna Coxsey is an English professional rock climber and the most successful competition climber the UK has ever produced. She won back-to-back IFSC Bouldering World Cup overall titles in 2016 and 2017, then capped off her career by competing in the 2020 Olympics before retiring from competitions. These days, she continues climbing outdoors—still strong, still iconic.
Shauna’s story started early. She first visited a climbing wall at age four, but she was too small to actually climb it. Did that stop her? Absolutely not. A few months later, she was finally tall enough—and from the moment she got on the wall, she knew climbing was her calling.
Her achievements aren’t just in competitions, though. She’s also one of only four women ever to climb a boulder graded 8B+, one of the hardest grades in the world. Casual.
As Britain’s first-ever Olympic sport climber, Shauna competed in Tokyo, but a longstanding back injury affected her training, and she finished 10th overall. Afterward, she stepped away from competition—but not from climbing. She still hits the rock both locally and internationally, proving that passion doesn’t retire.
Ashima Shiraishi
Ashima Shiraishi began climbing at just six years old at Rat Rock in Central Park, tagging along with her father. It didn’t take long for the climbing world to notice—within a few years, she was already one of the top young boulderers and sport climbers on the planet. She’s since racked up first-place finishes in international competitions, along with a long list of “youngest” and “first female” ascents. Ashima has been featured in several documentary-style films, including the short Return to the Red (2012), because prodigies tend to attract cameras.
In 2015, she climbed her first 9a (5.14d) route, Open Your Mind Direct. For a moment, people thought it might even be harder—possibly the most difficult climb ever done by a woman—after a hold broke near the top. It was later confirmed at the original grade, but still, an incredible feat. And she wasn’t done. On the very same trip, she became the second woman ever to climb a 9a/9a+ (5.14d/5.15a) with her ascent of Ciudad de Dios. Many believe she’s capable of pushing climbing standards even further in the future.
By age 13, Ashima became the second-ever female—and the youngest person in history—to climb a sport route rated 5.14d/5.15a (9a/9a+). Then in 2016, she made the second ascent of Horizon in Japan and became the first woman ever to send a V15 (8C) boulder. Not bad for someone who started climbing on a rock in the middle of Central Park.
Beth Rodden
Beth Rodden became a defining figure in Yosemite’s big wall climbing scene during the 1990s, eventually rising to full-on “rock star” status in the climbing world. She actually started out as a meticulously organized competition climber—think color-coded gear bins and laser-focused training sessions—until a trip to Smith Rock changed everything. There, while attempting the famous route To Bolt or Not to Be, she met legendary climber Lynn Hill. Hill immediately recognized her potential and invited Beth to join a climbing expedition in Madagascar. That invitation ended up changing the entire trajectory of her career.
When Beth returned to the U.S., she gravitated toward the granite giants of Yosemite, where she met fellow free-climbing prodigy Tommy Caldwell. The two quickly became climbing’s golden couple. Together, they made history in 2000 by becoming the first team to free climb El Capitan’s Lurking Fear.
Their story took a frightening detour when they were kidnapped during a climbing trip in Kyrgyzstan. After escaping, Beth stepped away from climbing for about a year. But when she returned, she and Caldwell once again made history—following Lynn Hill as the second and third people ever to free climb The Nose in 2005.
“Doing The Nose was this lifelong dream of mine,” Beth said. “I started climbing the year Lynn did it. Every gym and competition had that poster of Lynn saying, ‘It goes, boys.’ Before I even knew what El Cap was, I knew I wanted to be like her.”
Then in 2008, Beth delivered one of the most iconic achievements in American climbing: she sent Meltdown, a brutally thin 8c+ (5.14c) crack in Yosemite that had shut down even elite climbers like Ron Kauk. She named the route herself—and to this day, no one has repeated it.
And that’s it for this one, friends…