Editing First ascent (section)

===Gender===
[[File:Josune Bereziartu 2012.jpg|thumb|[[Josune Bereziartu]] on the FFA and FFFA of ''Yeah Man'' (8b+ 5.14a, 300-metres, 9 pitches), on the Grand Pfad in Bern, Switzerland]]
* First female free ascent (abbreviated FFFA).<ref>{{cite journal | journal=[[American Alpine Journal]] | url=https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199922702 | title=North America, United States, Nevada, Rainbow Wall, Various Activity | date=1999 | quote=A month later, Roxanna Brock teamed up with Bobbi Bensman to do the first female free ascent (FFFA) of the route in a day. | page=228 | volume=41 | issue=73 | access-date=2023-02-11 | archive-date=2023-02-11 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211095248/https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199922702 | url-status=live }}</ref>  Important female climbers emerged in the 1980s including [[Lynn Hill]] and [[Catherine Destivelle]] and climbing journals began to chronicle milestones in [[List of grade milestones in rock climbing#Redpointed by women|female first free ascents]].<ref name=PM/> In some cases, an FFFA is also an FFA, the most [[History of rock climbing|famous example]] being Lynn Hill's 1993 FFA/FFFA of the 3,000-foot ''[[The Nose (El Capitan)|Nose]]'' on [[El Capitan]] ([[Grade (climbing)|5.14a/b]]), considered the biggest prize in [[big wall climbing]], announced by Hill to the world's climbing media by: "It goes, boys".<ref name=OutsideUSA>{{cite web | magazine=[[Outside (magazine)|Outside]] | title=The 25 Greatest Moments in Yosemite Climbing History | date=1 June 2016 | access-date=4 December 2022 | url=https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/climbing/25-greatest-moments-yosemite-climbing-history/ | author=Editorial | archive-date=4 December 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204003915/https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/climbing/25-greatest-moments-yosemite-climbing-history/ | url-status=live }}</ref>  By the 2000s, [[Josune Bereziartu]], [[Angela Eiter]], and [[Ashima Shiraishi]] closed the gap to the highest sport climbing grades achieved by men to within one/two notches,<ref>{{cite magazine | magazine=National Geographic | url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/american-woman-reaches-a-new-milestone-in-rock-climbing | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104202217/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/american-woman-reaches-a-new-milestone-in-rock-climbing | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 4, 2022 | date=1 March 2017 | accessdate=20 January 2022 | first=Andrew | last=Bishart | title=American Woman Reaches a New Milestone in Rock Climbing}}</ref><ref name=CL1/> while [[Beth Rodden]] had fully closed the gap for traditional climbing.<ref name=CL1>{{cite magazine | magazine=Climbing| title=Can't Keep Her Down: A Consolidated History of Women's Climbing Achievements | first=Megan | last=Walsh | url=https://www.climbing.com/people/cant-keep-her-down-a-consolidated-history-of-womens-climbing-achievements/ | date=14 November 2017 | accessdate=29 January 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129204338/https://www.climbing.com/people/cant-keep-her-down-a-consolidated-history-of-womens-climbing-achievements/ |archive-date=29 January 2022 }}</ref>