Kim Carrigan (born in 1958) was Australia's leading rock climber during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Carrigan put up several hundred new climbing routes on crags around the country, in particular at Mount Arapiles, in Victoria, where he was based for several years. He repeatedly extended the technical level of Australian climbing, starting in 1978 by free climbing an old aid climbing route Procul Harum to establish the first Australian climb graded 26 under the Ewbank grading system, or .
Kim Carrigan was a significant rock climber for Australia during the late 1970s and early 1980s. He contributed numerous new climbing routes across various crags, particularly at Mount Arapiles in Victoria, where he spent several years. Carrigan continually advanced the technical standards of Australian climbing, beginning with his free ascent of an old aid route Procul Harum in 1978 to create Australia's first climb graded 26 under the Ewbank system.