Zion Climbing Records

Event Type Record Holder Time Date Notes Full Results
Moonlight Buttress team "Fly'n Brian" McCray & Ammon McNeely 1h57m 2/22/03 Brian led the entire route, 90% of it free. This was part of three routes in a day, including Lunar Ecstasy and Prodigal Son- in February!
Spaceshot team "Fly'n Brian" McCray & Ammon McNeely 1h36m54s 10/11/03 This route is 8 pitches, 5.10, A2
Monkeyfinger team ? ? ? ?  
Prodigal Son team "Fly'n Brian" McCray & Ammon McNeely 2h36m 2/22/03 Onsight. Lots of short-fixing.
Three routes in a day, including Lunar Ecstasy and Moonlight Buttress - in February! Hardly and I did this route in about ten hours.
Touchstone Wall team Doug Heinrich & Seth Shaw 1h50m 2000 Time isn't exactly accurate but this is considered the slowest time. It could have been as fast as 4h20m.
Four Walls team Mike Pennings and Jeff Hollenbach 18h Spring 1999 They climbed Moonlight Buttress, Spaceshot, Touchstone Wall, and Monkeyfinger!  
Four Walls team Doug Heinrich & Conrad Anker 22h30m 1992 Touchstone - Spaceshot - Moonlight Buttress - Monkey Finger  
Three Walls team "Fly'n Brian" McCray & Ammon McNeely 15h 2/22/03 Prodigal Son, Moonlight Buttress and Lunar Ecstasy - car to car. This started out as an attempt to do five walls and include Touchstone Wall and Spaceshot. I think they need a longer day.

After climbing Prodigal, the simul-rappelled Moonlight Buttress before starting up it. They then simul-rappelled the entire route again (clear to the ground).

They did this on only three hours of sleep. I think they need more of that as well.
trip report
Three Walls team Stoney Richards & Joe Puryear 15h30m 5/02 Space Shot, Moonlight Buttress, Prodigal Sun - car to car!  
Three Walls team Doug Heinrich & Seth Shaw 15h 1992 Touchstone, Spaceshot & Monkey Finger  
Streaked Wall - Latitudes team "Fly'n Brian" McCray & Ammon McNeely 18h40m   First one-day ascent. This route is 13 pitches long: VI, 5.10 A4 trip report
Lunar Ecstasy team "Fly'n Brian" McCray & Ammon McNeely 4h09m 2/22/03    
Desert Shield team Doug Heinrich & Seth Shaw 7h 1993 2nd fastest: 12:00 - Clay Cahoon & Joe Auer - 2001 (car to car) photo
Fang Spire team Brian Smoot & Kim Miller 9h ?    
Ball and Chain team Burt Arend and Bob Jacobson 14h56m 4/26/03 This is on Angels Landing. It is believed to be the first one-day ascent.  
Great White Throne team Rick Wyatt & Dave Jenkins 12h 1977 NWF (VI, 5.8, A3). First one-day ascent of a Zion Grade VI