Grades: French | US

Hardest Climbs in the World

Bouldering

Spots of Time

Grade: 9A
First Ascent: Aidan Roberts
FA Date: 2024
Location: United Kingdom, Lake District
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Videos:

Soudain Seul

Grade: 9A
First Ascent: Simon Lorenzi
FA Date: 2021-02-08
Location: France, Fontainebleau
Repeated by: Nicolas Pelorson , Camille Coudert
Videos: Pelorson, Coudert, Lorenzi

Return of the Sleepwalker

Grade: 9A
First Ascent: Daniel Woods
FA Date: 2021-03-30
Location: USA, Red Rock
Repeated by: William Bosi
Videos: Woods, Bosi

Megatron

Grade: 9A
First Ascent: Shawn Raboutou
FA Date: 2022
Location: USA, Eldorado Canyon
Repeated by:
Videos: Raboutou

L'ombre du voyageur

Grade: 9A
First Ascent: Charles Albert
FA Date: 2023-10-18
Location: France, Haute Savoie
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Burden of Dreams

Grade: 9A
First Ascent: Nalle Hukkataival
FA Date: 2016-10-23
Location: Finland, Lappnor
Repeated by: William Bosi , Simon Lorenzi , Elias Iagnemma
Videos: Hukkataival, Bosi, Iagnemma

Arrival of the Birds

Grade: 9A
First Ascent: Aidan Roberts
FA Date: 2024
Location: Switzerland, Ticino
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Alphane

Grade: 9A
First Ascent: Shawn Raboutou
FA Date: 2022-04-06
Location: Switzerland, Chironico
Repeated by: Aidan Roberts , William Bosi , Simon Lorenzi , Jakob Schubert
Videos: Raboutou, Roberts, Bosi, Lorenzi

Blackflip

Grade: 8C+/9A
First Ascent: Vadim Timonov
FA Date: 2023-05-17
Location: Russia, Pushka
Repeated by:
Videos: Timonov

Vecchio Leone Sit

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Aidan Roberts
FA Date: Nov 2022
Location: Switzerland, Brione
Repeated by: Matt Fultz , Stefano Carnati
Videos: Roberts, Fultz

United

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Ryuichi Murai
FA Date: 2019-10-30
Location: Japan, Mizugaki
Repeated by: Shawn Raboutou
Videos: Murai, Raboutou

The Process

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Daniel Woods
FA Date: 2015-01-15
Location: USA, Buttermilks
Repeated by: Zach Galla
Videos: Woods, Galla

The Lions Share

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Aidan Roberts
FA Date: Feb 2023
Location: Switzerland, Brione
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The Ice Knife Sit

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Daniel Woods
FA Date: 2013-11-01
Location: USA, Guanella Pass
Repeated by: Drew Ruana
Videos: Woods, Ruana

The Dark Side

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Carlo Traversi
FA Date: 2023-12-26
Location: USA, Yosemite
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Terranova

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Adam Ondra
FA Date: 2011-11-10
Location: Czech Republic, Sloup
Repeated by:
Videos: Ondra

Story of 3 Worlds

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Shawn Raboutou
FA Date: 2022-07-21
Location: Switzerland, Cresciano
Repeated by:
Videos: Raboutou

Sleepwalker

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Jimmy Webb
FA Date: 2018-12-15
Location: USA, Red Rock
Repeated by: Daniel Woods , Nalle Hukkataival , Drew Ruana , Nathan Williams , Matt Fultz , Pablo Hammack , Griffin Whiteside , Ryuichi Murai , Zander Waller , Kai Whaley , Zach Galla , Noah Wheeler , Andy Lamb , William Bosi
Videos: Webb, Woods, Ruana, Williams, Fultz, Hammack, Murai, Waller, Whaley, Wheeler, Galla, Bosi

Return of the Dreamtime

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Yannick Flohé
FA Date: 2023-01-31
Location: Switzerland, Cresciano
Repeated by: Francesco Berardino
Videos: Flohé, Berardino

Poison the Well

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Giuliano Cameroni
FA Date: 2019-02-12
Location: Switzerland, Brione
Repeated by: Jimmy Webb
Videos: Cameroni, Webb

Off the Wagon Low

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Shawn Raboutou
FA Date: 2018-11-27
Location: Switzerland, Val Bavona
Repeated by: Daniel Woods , Jimmy Webb , Giuliano Cameroni , Sergei Topishko , Yannick Flohé , Simon Lorenzi , Florian Wientjes , Niccolò Ceria , Francesco Berardino , Lasse von Freier
Videos: Raboutou, Woods, Webb, Cameroni, Topishko, Flohé, Ceria, Berardino, Wientjes, von Freier

Nexus

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Ryuichi Murai
FA Date: 2021-10-24
Location: Japan, Shiobara boulder
Repeated by:
Videos: Murai

Nayuta

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Dai Koyamada
FA Date: 2017-04-04
Location: Japan, Gero
Repeated by: Yuta Imaizumi
Videos: Koyamada, Imaizumi

Muerte por Asfixia

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Pablo Zamora
FA Date: 2024-01-04
Location: Spain, Manzanares El Real
Repeated by: Jorge Díaz-Rullo
Videos: Zamora, Díaz-Rullo

Moonlight Sonata

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Taylor McNeill
FA Date: 2021-03-10
Location: USA, Joe's valley
Repeated by: Matt Fultz
Videos: McNeill, Fultz

Maxwell's Demon sit

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Drew Ruana
FA Date: 2023-02-13
Location: USA, Secret Garden
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Ledoborec

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Adam Ondra
FA Date: 2020
Location: Czech Republic, Moravský kras
Repeated by:
Videos: Ondra

La Révolutionnaire

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Charles Albert
FA Date: Nov 2017
Location: France, Fontainebleau
Repeated by: Ryohei Kameyama , Simon Lorenzi , Niccolò Ceria , Tim Reuser , Michiel Nieuwenhuijsen , Jabee Kim
Videos: Kameyama, Lorenzi, Reuser, Nieuwenhuijsen, Kim

Isles of Wonder SS

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Aidan Roberts
FA Date: 2022-07-28
Location: United Kingdom, Llyn Ogwen
Repeated by: William Bosi , Solly Kemball Dorey
Videos: Roberts, Bosi, Kemball Dorey

Insomniac

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Drew Ruana
FA Date: 2021-07-09
Location: USA, Mount Evans
Repeated by: Shawn Raboutou , Daniel Woods , Jimmy Webb , Austin Purdy , Keenan Takahashi , Andy Lamb , Noah Wheeler
Videos: Ruana, Woods, Webb, Lamb, Takahashi

Hypothèse (assis)

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Charles Albert
FA Date: Dec 2018
Location: France, Fontainebleau
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Hypnotized Minds

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Daniel Woods
FA Date: 2010-10-21
Location: USA, Rocky Mountain National Park
Repeated by: Rustam Gelmanov , Dave Graham , Matt Fultz
Videos: Woods, Fultz

Hydrangea [after hold broke]

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Shinichiro Nomura
FA Date: 2019-11-09
Location: Japan, Shiobara
Repeated by: Akira Waku
Videos: Waku

Howl at the Moon sit

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Drew Ruana
FA Date: 2023-05-18
Location: USA, Guanella Pass
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Honey Badger

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: William Bosi
FA Date: 2022-08-12
Location: United Kingdom, Badger Cove
Repeated by:
Videos: Bosi

Hallucination

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Kazuma Ise
FA Date: 2022-01-24
Location: Japan, Hourai
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Grand Illusion

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Nathaniel Coleman
FA Date: Jan 2020
Location: USA, Salt Lake City
Repeated by: Sean Bailey , Daniel Woods , Matt Fultz , Zach Galla
Videos: Coleman, Bailey, Woods

Gateway [after hold broke]

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Martin Keller
FA Date: 2023-10-02
Location: Switzerland, Creciano
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Ganesh

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Elias Iagnemma
FA Date: 2022-02-02
Location: Italy, Abruzzo e Molise
Repeated by:
Videos: Iagnemma

Fuck the System

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Shawn Raboutou
FA Date: 2021
Location: Switzerland, Fionnay
Repeated by: Dave Graham , Clément Lechaptois , Pietro Vidi , Sam Weir
Videos: Raboutou, Lechaptois, Weir

Floatin

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Ryuichi Murai
FA Date: 2021-12-11
Location: Japan, Mizugaki
Repeated by: Florian Wientjes , Ryohei Kameyama
Videos: Murai, Kameyama, Wientjes

Euclase

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Dave Graham
FA Date: 2022-04-20
Location: Switzerland, Val Bavona
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Epitaph

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Dai Koyamada
FA Date: 2022-04-02
Location: Japan, Hourai
Repeated by: Toru Nakajima
Videos: Nakajima

Ephyra

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Jimmy Webb
FA Date: 2019-03-29
Location: Switzerland, Chironico
Repeated by: Niccolò Ceria , Giuliano Cameroni , William Bosi , Yannick Flohé
Videos: Webb, Ceria, Cameroni, Bosi, Flohé

Distortion

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Drew Ruana
FA Date: 2022-08-11
Location: USA, Mount Evans
Repeated by:
Videos: Ruana

Devilution

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Sean Bailey
FA Date:
Location: USA, Buttermilks
Repeated by: Shawn Raboutou
Videos: Raboutou

Daños con-laterales

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Nacho Sánchez
FA Date: 2022-06-12
Location: Russia, Djan-Tugan
Repeated by:
Videos: Sánchez

Creature From the Black Lagoon

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Daniel Woods
FA Date: 2016-09-28
Location: USA, Rocky Mountain National Park
Repeated by: Dave Graham , Jimmy Webb , Daisuke Ichimiya , Carlo Traversi , Shawn Raboutou , Drew Ruana , Matt Fultz , Dylan Barks , Griffin Whiteside , Andy Lamb , Pablo Hammack
Videos: Traversi, Raboutou, Ruana, Ichimiya, Fultz

Celestite

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Dave Graham
FA Date: 2023-03-28
Location: Switzerland, Val Bavona
Repeated by: Francesco Berardino
Videos: Graham, Berardino

Brutal Rider

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Adam Ondra
FA Date: 2020
Location: Czech Republic, Sloup
Repeated by:
Videos: Ondra

Brace for the Cure

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Matt Fultz
FA Date: 2022-06-28
Location: USA, Rocky Mountain National Park
Repeated by:
Videos: Fultz

Bookkeeping

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Drew Ruana
FA Date: 2022-12-21
Location: USA, Clear Creek Canyon
Repeated by: Colin Duffy
Videos: Ruana, Duffy

Bloody Sunday

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Drew Ruana
FA Date: 2021-04-30
Location: USA, The Scoop/Coal Creek
Repeated by:
Videos: Ruana

Big Z

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Shawn Raboutou
FA Date: 2020-12-29
Location: USA, Lake Tahoe
Repeated by: Matt Fultz , David Fitzgerald
Videos: Raboutou, Fultz

Big Conviction

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Simon Lorenzi
FA Date: 2022-01-23
Location: France, Fontainebleau
Repeated by:
Videos: Lorenzi

Adrenaline

Grade: 8C+
First Ascent: Daniel Woods
FA Date: 2024
Location: USA, Colorado
Repeated by:
Videos: Woods

Superpowers

Grade: 8C/+
First Ascent: Aidan Roberts
FA Date: 2020-09-11
Location: United Kingdom, Lad Stones
Repeated by:
Videos: Roberts

Regret

Grade: 8C/+
First Ascent: Toru Nakajima
FA Date: 2024
Location: Japan, Ena
Repeated by:
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REM

Grade: 8C/+
First Ascent: Giuliano Cameroni
FA Date: 2019-02-22
Location: Switzerland, Cresciano
Repeated by: Paul Robinson , Sam Weir , Francesco Berardino
Videos: Cameroni, Robinson, Weir

Livin' Large

Grade: 8C/+
First Ascent: Nalle Hukkataival
FA Date: 2009-08-05
Location: South Africa, Rocklands
Repeated by: Jimmy Webb , Shawn Raboutou , Ryuichi Murai
Videos: Hukkataival, Raboutou, Murai

Hazel Grace (sit)

Grade: 8C/+
First Ascent: Giuliano Cameroni
FA Date: 2021-06-28
Location: Switzerland, Gottardo
Repeated by: Florian Wientjes , Dave Graham , Sam Weir
Videos: Cameroni, Wientjes, Graham, Weir

Gioia

Grade: 8C/+
First Ascent: Christian Core
FA Date: 2008-02-28
Location: Italy, Varazze
Repeated by: Adam Ondra , Nalle Hukkataival , Niccolò Ceria , Elias Iagnemma
Videos: Ondra, Hukkataival, Iagnemma

Flow State

Grade: 8C/+
First Ascent: Pietro Vidi
FA Date: 2024-04-17
Location: Italy, Val Daone
Repeated by: Adam Ondra , Stefano Carnati
Videos: Ondra

Emotional Landscapes

Grade: 8C/+
First Ascent: Klem Loskot
FA Date: 2002-11-10
Location: Austria, Maltatal
Repeated by: Nalle Hukkataival , Martin Moser , Nicolai Užnik
Videos: Loskot

Cup of Immortality (extension)

Grade: 8C/+
First Ascent: Adam Ondra
FA Date: 2022-11-22
Location: Czech Republic, Moravský kras
Repeated by:
Videos: Ondra

Box Therapy

Grade: 8C/+
First Ascent: Daniel Woods
FA Date: 2018-10-31
Location: USA, Rocky Mountain National Park
Repeated by: Drew Ruana , Sean Bailey , Katie Lamb , Brooke Raboutou , Shawn Raboutou
Videos: Woods, Ruana, Raboutou
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