The 15 most dangerous rock climbs
Rock climbing requires incredible amounts of both physical and mental strength. It demands endurance, agility and balance at the highest of levels. Simply put, it’s one of the most challenging athletic pursuits.
Of course, for the extreme dare devils and most determined athletes of the world, that alone isn’t enough.
On top of the fact that the basic essence of the sport is extremely strenuous, the most talented of climbers continue to scour the world for natural rock formations that present seemingly impossible ascents.
Many of the following climbs were once deemed entirely inaccessible, yet the best climbers in the world have proven such declarations wrong, and these daunting rock formations are now regarded as some of the most dangerous and challenging in the world.
La Dura Dura, Spain
Rock and Ice Magazine calls this route at Oliana, “the hardest of the hard,” and REEL ROCK, an online platform for climbing films, had no problem definitively naming it “the hardest rock climb in the world.” In 2013 Adam Ondra was the first person to ever successfully ascent this climb after nine weeks of careful and laborious planning.
Fitz Roy, Patagonia
At about 11,020 feet tall, Mount Fitz Roy is considered to be of “average height,” yet it easily ranks as one of the world’s most arduous climbs as mountaineers are presented with long sections of technical climbing thanks to its entirely vertical granite peak.
The Matterhorn, between Switzerland and Italy
The giant horn-looking mountain has the highest fatality rate in the Alps – 450 climbers have died until 2013. Fewer people are climbing it because of the mountains lethal reputation. The problems come from the unpredictable avalanches and rock falls. The routes are also very steep.
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