Lynn Hill
Rock Climber
Legendary competitive rock climber of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Her claim to fame was making the first free ascent of The Nose on Yosemite Valley's El Capitan.
A gymnast early in life, she nearly broke several weight lifting world records and also ran competitively.
In 2002, she penned the autobiography Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World.
She was married to Russ Raffa from 1988 to 1991. She then began a relationship with Brad Lynch in 2004.
Both she and Tommy Caldwell have free climbed Yosemite Valley's The Nose.