Katie Lamb

Katie Lamb is an American rock climber who specializes in bouldering and, in 2023, became the first woman to climb at the V16 (8C+) level. Her profile in this catalog presents a quiet, process‑focused portrait that emphasizes practice, sequence work and the everyday commitments that sit alongside elite performance — including her full‑time engineering work referenced in the film.

Patagonia’s short documentary In Sequence: Katie Lamb and the Craft of Hard Bouldering follows Lamb through the specific technical and mental work involved in unlocking extremely hard granite problems, most notably in the orbit of her ascent of Box Therapy (V16) in Rocky Mountain National Park. The film spends time on rehearsal of moves, the way sequences are treated like choreography, and the local community support she draws on in the Bay Area. Rather than a highlight reel, it shows the repetition, problem‑breaking and small adjustments that convert training into a successful send.

For a viewer who climbs, the film is instructive about how top‑level boulderers practice: it shows tactics for sequencing, the role of incremental progress on individual holds, and how an athlete manages time and attention outside of full‑time climbing. The piece frames Lamb’s V16 within a realistic account of daily life, community and methodical effort.