A real life superhero, Steph Davis climbs up mountains and flies off them. From an
unusual start as a classically trained pianist with a Master’s degree in literature, Steph
chose to leave law school in order to pursue climbing full time. Named one of “the 25
Most Adventurous Women of the Past 25 Years” by Men’s Journal, today she is known
as a top wingsuit BASE jumper, and the most accomplished female free solo climber in
the world.
Steph is best known for her free ascents of El Capitan in Yosemite and her ropeless free
solo ascents of the Longs Peak Diamond in Colorado. She was the first woman to free
climb the Salathe Wall on El Capitan. She has made first ascents in Patagonia, the
Karakorum, the Aksu and Baffin Island. She was the first person to make free solo
BASE climbs (free climb up, parachute off) of freestanding towers in the Moab desert,
and has made the first known wingsuit BASE climb in the US. Her two memoirs are
High Infatuation and Learning to Fly.
