Adrian is a professional climber on the Mexican National Team, and is a 9 time consecutive National Mexican champion. He has been featured on Exatlon and Ultimate Beastmaster. He is a traveler and a student, climbing up to V11.

From the first day she set foot in a climbing gym, Anna knew she would climb for the rest of her life. Anna’s favorite type of climbing is the scariest type: tall vertical lines without a rope, or in climbing jargon,“slab high-balls.” While Anna’s climbing passion and style lies in outdoor lines, she is excited to step out of her comfort zone and compete in Deep Water Solo at Tuck Fest. Past accomplishments include The Brute (V9), Water Hazard (V10), and Thomas Aquinas (V8).

Arjan de Kock is a South African boulderer who has climbed up to V15 and 5.14c. His favorite areas are Rocklands and Fontainebleau. When he’s not climbing, Arjan farms table grapes.

Arjan is a returning Tuck Fest Deep Water Solo competitor.

Ashley is a 16 year old competitive climber based in Boulder, CO. She has been climbing for over ten years and competes in both the youth and adult circuits. Her favorite places to climb are Mallorca, Spain, Rifle, Colorado and Hueco Tanks, Texas.

Audrey found climbing at Sportrock in Alexandria Virginia after taking a break from the rigors of competitive gymnastics at age 13. She fell in love with the challenge, reward, and community that climbing had to offer and has been climbing on the youth competition circuit as well as outdoors for four years now in all three disciplines.

Bella is a 15 year old climber who started in the sport when she was nine. She is a current member of the climbing team at Triangle Rock Club. Tuck Fest will be her first Deep Water Solo competition. One of her favorite parts of climbing is cheering on her teammates.

A van-dwelling athlete, climbing is Ben Hanna’s passion. This includes everything from scary off-widths to competition bouldering, but deep water solo competitions are where he truly shines. He has flashed up to 5.14a, and redpointed routes as hard as 5.14c/d. Ben’s spirit animal is The Hulk, and in his spare time he coaches young climbers and sets routes at his local gym.

Ben is a returning Tuck Fest Deep Water Solo competitor.

Carlo Traversi is an American professional rock climber and two-time USA Sport Climbing National Champion. He started climbing in 2002 at the age of 14 and by 2011 he had an ascent of The Game (V15) under his belt. He has lived and climbed in some of the far reaches of the world and has amassed an impressive tick list including first ascents up to V15 and 5.14.

Carlo Traversi was the 2017 Tuck Fest Deep Water Solo Champion.

Connor is an 18 year old senior in high school, and an Inner Peaks youth competitive team member. He has been climbing competitively for ten years and qualified for Youth Nationals for the past nine years.

Drew is a native of Georgia and has been climbing for the last 8 years. He has climbed all over the world including deep water soloing in Railay, Thailand. When he’s not climbing, he is training in the hospital as a resident anesthesiologist.

Drew is a returning Tuck Fest Deep Water Solo competitor.

Eddie is 20 years old and has been climbing for 6 years. He lives in The New River Gorge in West Virginia where he climbs as much as possible and helps develop climbing areas. His favorite style of climbing is defined as techy-powerful, and has climbed up to a 5.14b and V10.

Emily Harrington is a professional rock climber and adventurer who has been a prominent and leading figure in the climbing community since she was a teenager. Her early years were defined by her successes on the USA Climbing Team on the national and world competition circuit, including 5 US National Sport Climbing Championships and 2 North American Championships. Emily’s true passion lies with outdoor climbing and exploring the mountains. Since shifting her focus from competition, Emily has completed numerous first female ascents of 5.14 sport routes, free climbed Yosemite’s iconic El Capitan, summited Everest, and has been on expeditions all over the world attempting big wall free climbs and high altitude peaks in Nepal, China, Myanmar, Crimea, and Morocco.

Emma Grace Lehmann has been climbing competitively for six years; but she’s been climbing happy on anything she could (walls, furniture, etc.) since she was a baby. Known as “EG,” Emma Grace prides herself on being an amazing team mate and champion of all climbers, especially those new to the sport.

Emma Hunt is an accomplished youth climber. She is the National Speed Climbing Champion and national record holder for the Female Youth B category. She recently won 1st for Women’s Speed Climbing at the USA Climbing Open Sport and Speed National Championships and the Bronze Medal for Speed Climbing at the Youth World Championships in Moscow.

Hayley Holmes is a Washington, DC area climber with previous experience competing in deep water soloing competitions, such as Psicobloc. She describes herself as an amateur climber but professional dreamer.

Julia fell in love with climbing six years ago after a visit to the Whitewater Center. Since then, she climbs competitively in the youth circuit and is a proud member of team Inner Peaks.

Julia is a returning Tuck Fest Deep Water Solo competitor.

Katie Jo is a Los Angeles based climber, primarily focused on bouldering and sport climbing. She competed in her first DWS competition at last year’s Psicobloc in Park City, Utah. She has spent the past year traveling around the U.S. and Europe, exploring new climbing areas and trying to push her limits. Now 36, Katie didn’t begin climbing until she was 28 and she hopes to encourage others to try new things and go after their dreams at any age.

Keenan started climbing at the Rocknasium in Davis, CA in 2008. After his first trips to Bishop and Yosemite, he found a new creative passion in outdoor climbing. Keenan works seasonally for the National Park Service in Yosemite, finding and developing new boulders in the Valley and attempting sport climbs.

Kyle is 18 years old, and loves climbing more than anything. He continues to be “psyched” on climbing, despite quite a few injuries over the past year including an ankle surgery in October. Kyle’s favorite discipline in climbing is bouldering, but he also enjoys sport climbing and Deep Water Solo.

Kyle is a returning Tuck Fest Deep Water Solo competitor.

Luke Cornejo has been climbing for 6 years and has become progressively more obsessed with it every year. He loves bouldering outside, but also enjoys sport climbing and dabbling in trad.

Maddy fell in love with climbing at the Whitewater Center, and 2019 will be her fourth time competing in the Tuck Fest Deep Water Solo Competition. She has been competitively climbing for 4 years, but her passion lies in outdoor sport climbing. Her favorite climbing areas are Joshua Tree and the New River Gorge.

Maddy is is a returning Tuck Fest Deep Water Solo competitor.

Marco is a Charlotte local and route setter for Inner Peaks Climbing Center. He has climbed up to a V11, and is a new father to an 11 month old daughter.

Marco is a returning Tuck Fest Deep Water Solo competitor.

Meagan Martin is a professional climber, Ninja Warrior, and model who lives in Sacramento, California. She started climbing at age 11 in Orlando, Florida at Aiguille Rock Climbing Center and climbed for about 4 years before turning her focus on gymnastics. While in college, she was a pole-vaulter and began climbing competitively again. Meagan enjoys coaching kids and hopes that she can inspire kids across the country to find what they are passionate about and go for it.

Meagan placed 2nd in 2018’s Tuck Fest Deep Water Solo Competition.

Nick Lozica is a climber from the San Fransisco Bay Area. After his first trip to Bridges Rock Gym, he was hooked. Nick climbs up to V12 and 5.14a.

Paige Claassen is a sport climber from Colorado and La Sportiva ambassador. Her recent ascents include Algorithm (5.14+, Idaho), Necessary Evil (5.14c, VRG), Mission Impossible (5.14c, Colorado), and Odin’s Eye (5.14c, Norway). When she’s not climbing, Paige runs her nonprofit Southern Africa Education Fund, which builds classrooms in rural Namibia.

Paige is a returning Tuck Fest Deep Water Solo competitor.

Parker is a Virginia Tech student from Richmond. He loves both trad and sport climbing at the New River Gorge, and has climbed up to 5.14a and V10. He loves candy.

Parker is a returning Tuck Fest Deep Water Solo competitor.

Sims Whalen found climbing 2.5 years ago after growing too tall to continue competing in gymnastics. He enjoys sport climbing around NC, VA and KY, and competing in the youth USA Climbing circuit. Sims has competed in Aqua Rock, and looks forward to climbing at his first Tuck Fest Deep Water Solo Competition.

Sophia Curcio is a 13 year old competitive climber on Team Inner Peaks. She has made it to 3 Youth National Championships and has also competed in local adult competitions including Block Bender and Aqua Rock Deep Water Solo.

Tanner is from Austin, Texas, and is a full-time traveling, competition climbing “dirtbag”. He started climbing 2.5 years ago and fell so in love with it that after only a year, he converted his truck to live in full-time to dedicate more time to traveling and climbing. Hueco Tanks is his absolute favorite crag. Tanner enjoys testing himself against very difficult outdoor boulders, but he is currently most passionate about competition climbing.

Zander Waller is a 15 year old rock climber from Atlanta, Georgia who has been climbing indoors competitively for 7 years. He also enjoys outdoor climbing, having climbed up to 5.14c route and V12 boulder.

Zander is a returning Tuck Fest Deep Water Solo competitor.

Zoe started climbing when she was 8 years old, and since then has balanced climbing and competing with school and starting a career. She lives in Philadelphia, where she is currently doing research in a microbiology lab while training for upcoming climbing competitions and trips.