Alexander Huber

Alexander Huber (born 30 December 1968), is a German rock climber who is considered one of the greatest and most influential climbers in the history of rock climbing. Huber came to prominence in the early 1990s as the world's strongest sport climber after the passing of Wolfgang Güllich. He is the second-ever person to redpoint a graded route by ascending ''Om'' in 1992, and has latterly come to be known as the first-ever person to redpoint a graded route from his 1996 ascent of ''''.

For a decade following the mid-1990s, Huber, often partnered with his brother Thomas, also came to be regarded as the strongest big wall free climber of his generation, with groundbreaking first ascents in Yosemite (''El Nino'' in 1998, and ''Zodiac'' in 2003), the Karakoram (Latok II in 1997, and ''Eternal Flame'' in 2009), and in other notable big wall locations around the world. Huber’s 1995 ascent of the ''Salathé Wall'' in Yosemite was the first-ever redpoint of an graded big wall in history. His 2001 ascent of '''' in the Dolomites was the first-ever redpoint of an graded big wall in history.

Huber is also known as one of the greatest free solo climbers for both big wall and sport climbing routes. In 2002, he free soloed the first-ever grade big wall in history, the 580-metre ''Brandler-Hasse Direttissima'' in the Dolomites. In 2003, he free soloed the second-ever grade sport climbing route in history with ''Der Opportunist'' in Austria, and in 2004, he became the first-ever person in history to free solo an graded sport route with ''Kommunist'', also in Austria. Provided by Wikipedia