Sport
Sport climbing
2024: Filipinos (5.14d)
2022: Empath (5.14+)
2017: Everything Is Karate (~5.14c/d) - First Ascent
2015: Jumbo Love (5.15b) - Second Ascent
2007: Biographie (5.15a)
About Ethan
About Ethan Pringle
Ethan Pringle is a professional climber and coach with three decades of elite climbing experience across bouldering, sport, trad, big wall, and competition climbing.
His coaching is built around strategy, movement, fear management, and sustainable long-term progression.
- 30+ years experience
- Elite ascents
- Mindset + tactics
Background
About Ethan
Ethan Pringle is a professional climber with 30 years of elite climbing experience. He has won national-level competitions and pushed his limits across bouldering, sport, and trad.
For decades Ethan has studied how much mental blocks, fear, and a lack of strategy can hold climbers back. His coaching is focused on helping climbers unlock true potential with a calm, precise approach.
Highlights
Selected achievements
A quick overview of the breadth of Ethan's climbing career across multiple disciplines.
Bouldering
Bouldering
2025: Mr. Meneer (V14)
2025: The Sifa (V14)
2023: Speed of Sound (V14)
2020: The Outer Limit (V15)
2018: The Nest (V15)
Trad
Trad climbing
2016: Blackbeard’s Tears (5.14c) - First Free Ascent
2008: The Cobra Crack (5.14b) - Third Ascent
2008: Iron Monkey (5.14b) - Second Ascent
Big wall
Big wall
2017: Black Arrow (5.13-) - First Ascent, South East Greenland
2014: Free Rider (5.13-) - Yosemite, California
Competition
Competition
2012 and 2006: Silver, USA National Championships (Bouldering)
2009: Bronze, USA National Championships (Lead)
2005: Gold, USA National Championships (Lead)
2004: Silver, USA National Championships (Lead)
Media
Films and features
A few films and features for a feel of Ethan's climbing and perspective.
Next step
Interested in working with Ethan?
Remote coaching is coming soon. Reach out if you'd like to hear when sessions reopen.