Babsi Zangerl

Babsi Zangerl, whose full name is Barbara Zangerl, is an Austrian rock climber born on 24 May 1988 who is considered one of the best all-round climbers in the world. She was raised in the village of Strengen in the Austrian Tyrol, and at various stages of her career she has climbed at or just below the highest grades achieved by a woman in every major rock climbing discipline: bouldering, traditional climbing, sport climbing, multi-pitch climbing and big wall climbing. She made the first female free ascents of the Alpine Trilogy in 2013, of El Nino, Zodiac and Magic Mushroom on El Capitan, of the Eiger route Odyssee in 2018 and of Eternal Flame in Pakistan in 2022, and in 2024 she became the first person to flash Freerider on El Capitan. She was named National Geographic Adventurer of the Year in 2019.