Alli Rainey

Ten Sleep, WY
Age: 31

Climbing since 1992, Harvard graduate Alli Rainey lasted for a single year working a “real-world” job before she chose to take a different route, becoming a rock climber and freelance writer. As a climber, Alli’s accomplishments range from redpoints of some 30 5.13’s up to 5.13d (including many unrepeated first ascents) and onsights of more than 140 5.12’s up to 5.12d, to bouldering V9, to winning and placing highly in numerous local, regional, and national bouldering competitions throughout her tenure as a climber. Her most recent passion in climbing involves establishing new sport routes and boulder problems in her home state of Wyoming, where she can be found more often than not—if you know where to look!

Favorite climbs: Nuthin' (13+, Ten Sleep Canyon); Aggressivized (13b, Ten Sleep Canyon); Why I Gotta Be a Bitch? (5.12, Ten Sleep Canyon); Ouch! (Project, Ten Sleep Canyon); Baal (12a, Ten Sleep Canyon) Do you sense a Ten Sleep theme? I guess I don't climb routes much anywhere else any more...very rarely.
Favorite boulders: Antelope Boulder (Cody, WY); Red Monster (Ibex, UT); Drifter Boulder (Bishop; CA); Rubber Blanket (Sinks Canyon, WY)
Favorite Music: Hip-Hop (Dr. Dre, Black-Eyed Peas, Eminem, D-12, Wu-Tang Clan, Outkast, Snoop Dogg, you get the idea!)
Favorite foods: ice cream (with peanut butter, chocolate, coffee, or all three included in the flavor); coffee; granola; apples; salads