At just 25, Italian climber Laura Rogora has a record on rock that ranks her among the very best performers, men and women alike.
With her ascent of Bibliographie at Céüse this summer, a 9b+ dispatched in just six days, she has firmly written a new page in her own story and in the history of sport climbing. So what makes her a phenomenon? And is she really one?
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Laura Rogora in Chamonix, 2019. ©O.Taris/Creative Commons 4.0
Eye-watering numbers
The figures are relentless. And with Laura Rogora, they are enough to make your head spin. A first 9a at 15, nearly sixty routes graded 9a or harder since (including two 9bs and a 9b+), around ten 8c and 8c+ onsights. In 2026 alone, she has already ticked seventeen routes in the 9th grade, and the harvest is probably far from