Hazel Findlay Biography

Hazel Findlay was born in 1989, she is a British trad climber and big wall free climber.

Hazel was the first female British climber to climb a route graded E9 and the first to climb El Capitán in Yosemite National Park. She is a daughter of climber Steve Findlay.

The star began climbing on the sea cliffs of Pembrokeshire with her father when she was seven years old.

Climbing magazine gave Findlay their Golden Piton award for trad climbing in 2013, citing climbs including Chicama and Freerider.