Katie Brown

Katie Brown (born 1981) is an American female rock climber and early competition climber, who has also made notable ascents in sport climbing, big wall climbing, and bouldering.

Biography In 1994, at the age of 13, Brown began sport climbing in Kentucky. and a climbing Junior World Championship in Laval.

In 1996 and 1997, Brown won both the Rock Master in Arco, Italy and the X Games.

Later in 1999, Brown decided to leave the competitive sport behind, although she has continued to climb informally. She has been living in the Boulder, Colorado area ever since.

In 2009, Brown was selected as one of the "Hot 20 under 40" by 7x7SF Magazine.

Brown is the author of the book Girl on the Rocks: A Woman's Guide to Climbing with Strength, Grace, and Courage.

Around the same time, Brown was featured in a Citibank ThankYou Card commercial along with Alex Honnold, climbing Fisher Towers near Moab, Utah. She has also appeared in Rolling Stone and The New York Times. which won the 2023 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature.