Matty Hong

Directing

Biography

Matthew Jacob Hong (born September 4, 1991) is an American rock climber, filmmaker and photographer. In 2018, he became the fourth American to climb a route graded at 5.15b (9b). As a filmmaker, he directed the 2017 film Break on Through, which documented Margo Hayes completing the first-ever female ascent of a 9a+ (5.15a) graded sport climbing route, and is featured on the Reel Rock Film Tour.

Place of Birth: Boulder, Colorado, USA

Known For

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Black Pearl

Chris Sharma's latest masterpiece in Mallorca, Black Pearl, could be his hardest deep water solo yet, joining his earlier routes Es Pontas, Alasha, and Big Fish in the pantheon of iconic "psicobloc" lines. Follow his journey to bring the project to life, along with side trips to rad new crags, and mega sessions with Matty Hong and Jernej Kruder vying for the second ascent of the spectacular Big Fish.

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Break on Through

Her ascents of La Rambla first and then Biographie, have in a sense opened the doors to difficult higher than 9a by women and in particular the first 9a+, made it clear to everyone that the games were still widely open and in fact from there little by little, another great chmapion brought the bar on 9b.

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Red Bull Dual Ascent 2022 edition

Sixteen world-class athletes on eight teams battling to be the fastest up the wall of gruelling six pitches at Red Bull Dual Ascent: two exact routes, side-by-side, 180m high, one winning team.

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Flex

Reel Rock S8 E9. Matty Hong and Margo Hayes battle two of Colorado’s most notorious hard sport routes - Tommy Caldwell's legendary test pieces, Kryptonite (5.14d) and Flex Luthor (5.15b).

Filmography

2025

Black Pearl

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2022

Red Bull Dual Ascent 2022 edition

as Self

2022

Flex

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2018

Break on Through

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