Geoff Weigand

Geoff Weigand is an Australian rock climber and road cyclist, born in Sydney in 1964. He came to prominence in 1981, aged sixteen, when he made the onsight ascent of Toyland, then regarded as the hardest climb in New South Wales, and went on to add many first free ascents in Australia at crags such as Bombo Quarry, Mount Arapiles and the Grampians. Travelling abroad in the mid 1980s, he climbed in Yosemite with fellow Australian Kim Carrigan, repeated hard routes at Smith Rock in Oregon, and later made first ascents there and in Utah, including Blackout at Logan Canyon in 1992 and White Wedding at Smith Rock in 1989, one of very few routes of its grade in the United States at the time. He also took part in early competition climbing, placing 19th in lead and 5th in speed at the 1992 Masters event in Chambery, France.