Joel W. Ager
Born: 1960
Began climbing: 1979

First Ascents and First Free Ascents (over 20 to 11d)
Yosemite: Ho Chi Minh Trail (V, 10d), Perfect Vision (III, 11c), Remain in Light (11a), Blinded by the Light (10b/c), Steal This Book (10b)
Phantom Spires, CA: Cabin Fever (11b)

Sport Climbing (redpoints to 12a, * indicates on-sight)
Donner Summit: Disciples of the New Wave (11b/c), Aerial (11b), Fire Opal (11b), Little Feet* (11b)
Pinnacles: This Bolt's for You* (11d), Ape Index* (11c), Verdict (11c), Cosmos (11b), Foreplay (11b), POD* (11a)
Table Mountain, CA: High Resolution (11d), Sacreligion (11c)
Owens River Gorge: Expressway* (11b), Cobra (11b)
Rumney, NH: Sky Pilot (11c)
Frankenjura, Germany: Geistesblitz* (7+ or 11a)

Traditional Climbing (leads to 11b)
Yosemite: Moratorium (11b), Leanie Meanie (11b), Hardd (11a), Butterfingers* (11a), The Tube* (11a)
Hueco Tanks, TX: Pazuzu* (11a)
Pembrokeshire, UK: Zeppelin* (E3,5c,5b or 11a,10c)
Rumney, NH: Flying Hawaiian* (11b)

Grade VI
Yosemite: Nose (VI, 5.9 A1), Salathe (VI, 10c, A1)

Grade V
Yosemite: Chouinard-Herbert (V, 10c, AO), DNB (V, 10b).

Alpine Routes (** indicates solo)
Rocky Mountain National Park: Casual Route, Diamond (IV, 10a); Notch Couloir, Long's Peak** (III, 5.4 AI1); Northcutt-Carter, Hallett's Peak** (5.7)
Sierra Nevada: East Face Mt. Whitney** (III, 5.4)

Climbing Areas Visited
California: Mt. Woodson, Joshua Tree, Pinnacles, Needles, Sequoia National Forest (Chimney Rock), Yosemite Valley, Tuolumne Meadows, Deadman’s Summit, Owens River Gorge, Mickey’s Beach, Mt. Diablo, Clark Canyon, Phantom Spires, Sugarloaf, Lover’s Leap, Pie Shop, Big Chief, Donner Summit, Rainbow Slabs, Table Mountain, Two Mile Bar, Jailhouse Rock
Nevada: Cave Rock
Colorado: Eldorado Canyon, Boulder Canyon, South Platte, Lumpy Ridge
Oregon: Smith Rocks
British Columbia: Squamish
New Mexico: City of Rocks
Texas: Hueco Tanks
Michigan: Grand Ledge
Tennessee: Sunset Rocks
West Virginia: Seneca Rocks, New River Gorge
Virginia: Carderock
New York: Gunks
Massachusetts: Rose Ledge, Crow Hill
New Hampshire: Cathedral, Whitehorse, Cannon, Rumney
Maine: Acadia, Pawtuckaway
Connecticut: numerous Trapp rock cliffs including Ragged Mountain, East Peak, et al.
England: Stannage Edge, Millstone Edge, Raven’s Tor, Chee Dale, Kilnsey, Malham Cove
Wales: Gogarth, Pembrokeshire, Llanberis Pass
Belgium: Berdorf
Germany: Pfalz, Frankenjura, Odenwald
France: Buoux, Cimai
Italy: Finale