Colin Haley

Colin Haley
Personal information
Nationality American
Born (1984-09-02) 2 September 1984
Education BSc. Geology University of Washington
Website "colinhaley.com"
Climbing career
Type of climber Alpinist
Known for Fast ascents of technical, alpine routes.
First ascents

Colin Haley (born 2 September 1984) is an American alpinist known for fast ascents of technical routes on mountains around the world. Haley is perhaps best known for his traverse of The Torres (Cerro Torre, Torre Egger, Punta Herron, and Aguja Standhardt), first with Rolando Garibotti in 2008,[1][2] and subsequently with Alex Honnold - this time completing the traverse in under 24 hours.[3]

Personal life

Haley holds a BSc. in Geology from the University of Washington. He began studying engineering, but soon switched to geology so he could "have more free time in his future".[4] Haley grew up in Seattle, Washington.[2]

First ascents

  • In 2007, Haley climbed a new route on Mount Foraker with Bjorn-Eivind Aartun which they named Dracula (M6R AI4+ A0, 10,400').[5]
  • Haley climbed a new route with Steve House on the Emperor Face of Mount Robson in 2008 which they named Haley-House.[6]
  • Haley, along with Jed Brown, was the first to climb The Entropy Wall (2,300m, VI 5.9 A2 WI4+) on Mount Moffit.[7][8]
  • Haley has also completed a new route on Chiwawa Mountain called Intravenous (IV WI4+ M6) with Dave Burdick[9] in his home state of Washington.

Other notable ascents

Haley is credited with the first solo ascent of Mount Waddington,[10] the first solo ascent of Aguja Standhardt,[11] the first traverse of the Devils Thumb ("The Diablo Traverse") with Mikey Schaefer,[12] the fifth ascent of The Denali Diamond (Alaska Grade 6: 5.9 A3, 7,800') with Mark Westman in 2007,[13] and the first winter ascent of Mount Huntington with Jed Brown.[14]

Alaska Range ascents

Haley has also garnered much attention in the alpine climbing community for climbing difficult routes in the Alaska Range much faster than previously thought possible. In 2016, Haley climbed The Infinite Spur on Mount Foraker solo in under 12.5 hours[15] - less than half the time required by the next fastest climbing party in 2001.[16] In 2017, Haley climbed and descended the North Buttress of Mount Hunter in under 17 hours.[17] Haley set the speed record for climbing the Cassin Ridge on Denali in June 2018.[18][19][20]

References

  1. ↑ MacDonald, Dougal. "Garibotti and Haley Complete Torre Traverse". Climbing Magazine. 14 June 2012. Retrieved on 22 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 Pollock, Lucas (21 May 2008). "Colin Haley: Young Alpinist on Fire". Alpinist.
  3. ↑ MacDonald, Dougal. "Torre Traverse in Under 21 Hours". Climbing Magazine. 2 February 2016. Retrieved on 22 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Skoog, Gordy. "Big Year for Climber Colin Haley", Greatoutdoors.com, 2007, Retrieved on 22 June 2018.
  5. ↑ Geldard, Jack. "Colin Haley on Dracula". UK Climbing. 22 July 2010. Retrieved on 22 June 2018.
  6. ↑ House, Steve. "North America, Canada, British Columbia, Canadian Rockies, Mt. Robson. Emperor Face, Haley-House". American Alpine Journal. 2008. Retrieved on 22 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Mt. Moffit", Alpinist, 2007, Retrieved on 22 June 2018
  8. ↑ Brown, Jed. "The Entropy Wall, A Direct Route up Mt. Moffit's North Face", American Alpine Journal, 2007, Retrieved On 22 June 2018.
  9. ↑ Haley, Colin. "North America, United States, Washington, Cascade Range, Chiwawa Mountain, Intravenous", American Alpine Journal, 2005, Retrieved on: 22 June 2018
  10. ↑ Haley, Colin. "Mt. Waddington to Mt. Asperity, high peaks solo traverse; first solo ascents", American Alpine Journal, 2013, Retrieved on 23 June 2018
  11. ↑ Cameron, Gwen. "Haley Solos Patagonia's Cerro Standhart", 2010, Retrieved on 22 June 2018
  12. ↑ "Haley, Schaefer Link Devil's Thumb Peaks", Climbing Magazine, 2010, Retrieved on June 22 2018
  13. ↑ Beckwith, Christian. DENALI DIAMOND: THE NEW CASSIN?, Alpinist (magazine), 2007, Retrieved on 22 June 2018.
  14. ↑ Lambert, Eric. "FIRST WINTER ASCENT OF MT. HUNTINGTON", Alpinist (magazine), 2007, Retrieved on 22 June 2018.
  15. ↑ Adams, Seth. "Colin Haley Solos the Infinite Spur, Gets Caught in Storm During Descent", Alpinist (magazine), 2016, Retrieved on 22 June 2018.
  16. ↑ Garibotti, Rolando. "Mt. Foraker, Infinite Spur, Fast Ascent", American Alpine Journal, 2001, Retrieved on 22 June 2018.
  17. ↑ Adams, Seth. "Colin Haley solos North Buttress of Begguya (Mt. Hunter) round-trip in 17 hours", Alpinist (magazine), 2017, Retrieved on 22 June 2018.
  18. ↑ "Colin Haley Sets New Speed Record on Cassin Ridge", Gripped Magazine, 2018, Retrieved on 22 June 2018.
  19. ↑ Levy, Michael. "Colin Haley Sets New Speed Record on Denali’s Cassin Ridge", Rock and Ice Magazine, 2018, Retrieved on 22 June 2018.
  20. ↑ "Colin Haley dashes up Denali Cassin Ridge in record-breaking 8 hours 7 minutes". Planet Mountain. 15 Jun 2018.
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