Drew Ruana

Quick Info ˅

Nationality:	US
Hardest Boulder (Worked):	8C+
Hardest Sport (Worked):	9a
Social Media

Alongside other goals, Drew is trying to tick every problem 8B+ or harder in Colorado.

References

[1] AMA on reddit.com/r/climbharder, January 2023 https://www.reddit.com/r/climbharder/comments/100qfg5/pro_rock_climber_drew_ruana_ama/

Quick Info

Nationality:	US
Hardest Boulder (Worked):	8C+
Hardest Sport (Worked):	9a
Social Media

Alongside other goals, Drew is trying to tick every problem 8B+ or harder in Colorado.

References

[1] AMA on reddit.com/r/climbharder, January 2023 https://www.reddit.com/r/climbharder/comments/100qfg5/pro_rock_climber_drew_ruana_ama/

Lists

Podcasts

Pics + Vids

Paint it Black (8C)

Added at 13:03 on 24 March 2021

Everything Gneiss (8C)

Added at 17:02 on 01 February 2023

Mandala SDS (8B+)

Added at 08:03 on 18 March 2022

Maxwell's Demon (8B+, FA)

Added at 11:02 on 13 February 2023

Howl at the Moon (8C)

Added at 20:05 on 19 May 2023

The Nest (8C)

Added at 13:03 on 24 March 2021

Bloody Sunday Low Left (8C, FA)

Added at 08:12 on 12 December 2022

Spidy (8C)

Added at 07:04 on 30 April 2021

Creature from the Black Lagoon (8C+)

Added at 07:03 on 24 March 2021

Creature from the Black Lagoon (8C+)

Added at 07:03 on 24 March 2021

Box Therapy (8C+)

Added at 13:03 on 24 March 2021

Box Therapy (8C+)

Added at 13:03 on 24 March 2021

Dystopia (8C, FA)

Added at 06:03 on 30 March 2021

Dystopia (8C, FA)

Added at 17:06 on 05 June 2022

Sound of Violence (8C)

Added at 07:04 on 30 April 2021

Death Star (8C)

Added at 13:03 on 24 March 2021

Traffic (8C)

Added at 13:03 on 24 March 2021

Dicktopia (8C)

Added at 13:03 on 24 March 2021

White Noise (8C)

Added at 13:03 on 24 March 2021

Pegasus (8C, FA)

Added at 13:03 on 24 March 2021

Pegasus (8C, FA)

Added at 13:03 on 24 March 2021

Sleepwalker (8C+)

Added at 13:03 on 24 March 2021

Squoze (8C)

Added at 13:03 on 24 March 2021

The Ice Knife (8B+)

Added at 05:07 on 20 July 2022

The Ice Knife (8B+)

Added at 05:07 on 20 July 2022

Just Do It (8c+)

Added at 18:04 on 06 April 2022

The Game (8C)

Added at 18:03 on 07 March 2022

The Game (8C)

Added at 18:03 on 07 March 2022

Echalo (8C, FA)

Added at 07:03 on 24 March 2021

The Assassin (9a, FA)

Added at 15:04 on 07 April 2022

Dire Wolf (8C, FA)

Added at 20:04 on 17 April 2022

Dire Wolf (8C, FA)

Added at 20:04 on 17 April 2022

Delirium (8C)

Added at 15:06 on 14 June 2022

Big Arms (8C, FA)

Added at 21:07 on 11 July 2022

Distortion (8C+, FA)

Added at 10:08 on 18 August 2022

Insomniac (8C+, FA)

Added at 11:07 on 11 July 2021

Insomniac (8C+, FA)

Added at 15:06 on 05 June 2022

Insomniac (8C+, FA)

Added at 18:03 on 07 March 2022

Bloody Sunday SDS (8C, FA)

Added at 07:04 on 30 April 2021

Bloody Sunday SDS (8C, FA)

Added at 10:09 on 22 September 2022

Tron (8B+)

Added at 16:11 on 16 November 2022

The Player (8C, FA)

Added at 03:10 on 08 October 2022

The Player (8C, FA)

Added at 03:10 on 08 October 2022

Ozymandias (8B+, FA)

Added at 20:11 on 09 November 2022

The Ice Knife SDS (8C+)

Added at 21:10 on 26 October 2022

Bookkeeping (8C+, FA)

Added at 06:12 on 22 December 2022

Bookkeeping (8C+, FA)

Added at 06:12 on 22 December 2022

Ascents

38 recorded ascents.

This timeline is missing some ascents where the date of the ascent is unknown. Use the other tabs to view these ascents.

Year	Climb	Grade	FA	Ascent Date
2013	To Bolt or Not to Be	8b+ (Lead)		April 2013
2013	To Bolt or Not to Be	Aged 13.
2014	Just Do It	8c+ (Lead)		22nd November 2014
2014	Just Do It	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-5om6lG_d8
2015
2016	The Assassin	9a (Lead)	✓	13th February 2016
2016	The Assassin	Smith's hardest route to date. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUHuxJPttXk
2017
2018
2019	Squoze	8C (Boulder)		9th September 2019
2019	Squoze	https://www.instagram.com/p/B4qCwYhj079/
2020	Sleepwalker	8C+ (Boulder)		26th January 2020
	Sleepwalker	https://www.instagram.com/p/B7zPaDap17g/
	The Nest	8C (Boulder)		29th January 2020
	The Nest	https://www.instagram.com/p/B74kBmcp3dw/
	Pegasus	8C (Boulder)	✓	10th February 2020
	Pegasus	https://www.instagram.com/p/B8ZD7BpJF6u/ https://www.instagram.com/p/B8XdHE7JCza/
	Paint it Black	8C (Boulder)		5th March 2020
	Paint it Black	In a session. https://www.instagram.com/p/B9VjE0jjLVs/
	Box Therapy	8C+ (Boulder)		18th July 2020
	Box Therapy	Second ascent. https://www.instagram.com/p/CCyeC_9j-7u/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8VwgjiZKIo
	Creature from the Black Lagoon	8C+ (Boulder)		16th August 2020
	Creature from the Black Lagoon	https://www.instagram.com/p/CD9LZH9DRD-/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xorFvE4Zt8Y
	Echalo	8C (Boulder)	✓	26th September 2020
	Echalo	https://www.instagram.com/p/CFm0gdYDEkf/
	White Noise	8C (Boulder)		30th September 2020
	White Noise	https://www.instagram.com/p/CFwzORGD3vZ/
	Dicktopia	8C (Boulder)		7th October 2020
	Dicktopia	https://www.instagram.com/p/CGBnZEfjNTp/
	Tron	8B+ (Boulder)		November 2020
	Tron	https://www.instagram.com/p/CHvTkwRjttN/?hl=en
2021	Traffic	8C (Boulder)		12th February 2021
	Traffic	https://www.instagram.com/p/CLLAgtRD2kw/
	Death Star	8C (Boulder)		21st March 2021
	Death Star	https://www.instagram.com/p/CMqTuDoDUx4/
	Dystopia	8C (Boulder)	✓	30th March 2021
	Dystopia	https://www.instagram.com/p/CNB54OFjUn3/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWydR0r60fA
	The Game	8C (Boulder)		14th April 2021
	The Game	https://www.instagram.com/p/CWPPBqYNVKl/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeJKkxbrx7Q
	Sound of Violence	8C (Boulder)		18th April 2021
	Sound of Violence	https://www.instagram.com/p/CNyU-o5jKzT/
	Spidy	8C (Boulder)		23rd April 2021
	Spidy	Second ascent. https://www.instagram.com/p/CN-2n0XDeQE/
	Bloody Sunday SDS	8C (Boulder)	✓	30th April 2021
	Bloody Sunday SDS	https://www.instagram.com/p/CORjzAjDnuM/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPQM-2MabLs
	Insomniac	8C+ (Boulder)	✓	9th July 2021
	Insomniac	https://www.instagram.com/p/CRKU4iJDtVL/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZD3wY2-ULY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYW1dK9Fz9M
2022	Mandala SDS	8B+ (Boulder)		2022
	Mandala SDS	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufCcZiOraWA
	Delirium	8C (Boulder)		2022
	Delirium	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObMfh8bLZu4
	Maxwell's Demon	8B+ (Boulder)	✓	2022
	Maxwell's Demon	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW6QSAqFVro
	Dire Wolf	8C (Boulder)	✓	16th April 2022
	Dire Wolf	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaaVdtKn6-w https://www.instagram.com/p/CcdODFpFu8y/
	The Ice Knife	8B+ (Boulder)		June 2022
	The Ice Knife	https://youtu.be/_v0R90XMsq4 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cei7afWuN_R/
	Big Arms	8C (Boulder)	✓	July 2022
	Big Arms	This was called “Small Arms” v12, then holds broke (or got pried off 🤷‍♂️)…. Gonna go with “Big Arms”? First ascent post break, probably in the V15 range. Lincoln Lake’s version of Squamish’s Singularity . Get some! https://www.instagram.com/p/CfzX3hQlb-C/
	Distortion	8C+ (Boulder)	✓	August 2022
	Distortion	https://www.instagram.com/p/ChXpzvwOyh1/
	The Ice Knife SDS	8C+ (Boulder)		5th October 2022
	The Ice Knife SDS	The second ascent after a protracted ~35 day siege. https://www.instagram.com/p/CkLkD07LQRl/
	Ozymandias	8B+ (Boulder)	✓	6th October 2022
	Ozymandias	https://youtu.be/73f0vj0TUnQ?t=92
	The Player	8C (Boulder)	✓	7th October 2022
	The Player	https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cjbqo7Kg3wY/ https://youtu.be/rD4tiFwFSB0
	Bookkeeping	8C+ (Boulder)	✓	21st December 2022
	Bookkeeping	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJEMuGHaohQ https://www.instagram.com/p/CmczvuaOGRn/
2023	Everything Gneiss	8C (Boulder)		January 2023
	Everything Gneiss	https://www.instagram.com/p/CoIKr05uwrT/
	Maxwell's Demon Low	8C+ (Boulder)	✓	16th February 2023
	Howl at the Moon	8C (Boulder)		6th May 2023
	Howl at the Moon	https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr6j9yJuhvX/
	Howl at the Moon SDS	8C+ (Boulder)	✓	18th May 2023
	Howl at the Moon SDS	https://www.instagram.com/p/CsYqCaWLqkB/

Climb	Grade	FA	Ascent Date
The Assassin	9a (Lead)	✓	13th February 2016
The Assassin	Smith's hardest route to date. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUHuxJPttXk
Just Do It	8c+ (Lead)		22nd November 2014
Just Do It	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-5om6lG_d8
To Bolt or Not to Be	8b+ (Lead)		April 2013
To Bolt or Not to Be	Aged 13.

Climb	Grade	FA	Ascent Date	Suggested Grade
Insomniac	8C+ (Boulder)	✓	9th July 2021	8C+
Insomniac	https://www.instagram.com/p/CRKU4iJDtVL/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZD3wY2-ULY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYW1dK9Fz9M
Distortion	8C+ (Boulder)	✓	August 2022
Distortion	https://www.instagram.com/p/ChXpzvwOyh1/
Bookkeeping	8C+ (Boulder)	✓	21st December 2022
Bookkeeping	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJEMuGHaohQ https://www.instagram.com/p/CmczvuaOGRn/
Maxwell's Demon Low	8C+ (Boulder)	✓	16th February 2023
Howl at the Moon SDS	8C+ (Boulder)	✓	18th May 2023
Howl at the Moon SDS	https://www.instagram.com/p/CsYqCaWLqkB/
Sleepwalker	8C+ (Boulder)		26th January 2020
Sleepwalker	https://www.instagram.com/p/B7zPaDap17g/
Box Therapy	8C+ (Boulder)		18th July 2020
Box Therapy	Second ascent. https://www.instagram.com/p/CCyeC_9j-7u/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8VwgjiZKIo
Creature from the Black Lagoon	8C+ (Boulder)		16th August 2020
Creature from the Black Lagoon	https://www.instagram.com/p/CD9LZH9DRD-/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xorFvE4Zt8Y
The Ice Knife SDS	8C+ (Boulder)		5th October 2022	8C+
The Ice Knife SDS	The second ascent after a protracted ~35 day siege. https://www.instagram.com/p/CkLkD07LQRl/
Pegasus	8C (Boulder)	✓	10th February 2020
Pegasus	https://www.instagram.com/p/B8ZD7BpJF6u/ https://www.instagram.com/p/B8XdHE7JCza/
Echalo	8C (Boulder)	✓	26th September 2020
Echalo	https://www.instagram.com/p/CFm0gdYDEkf/
Dystopia	8C (Boulder)	✓	30th March 2021
Dystopia	https://www.instagram.com/p/CNB54OFjUn3/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWydR0r60fA
Bloody Sunday SDS	8C (Boulder)	✓	30th April 2021
Bloody Sunday SDS	https://www.instagram.com/p/CORjzAjDnuM/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPQM-2MabLs
Dire Wolf	8C (Boulder)	✓	16th April 2022
Dire Wolf	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaaVdtKn6-w https://www.instagram.com/p/CcdODFpFu8y/
Big Arms	8C (Boulder)	✓	July 2022
Big Arms	This was called “Small Arms” v12, then holds broke (or got pried off 🤷‍♂️)…. Gonna go with “Big Arms”? First ascent post break, probably in the V15 range. Lincoln Lake’s version of Squamish’s Singularity . Get some! https://www.instagram.com/p/CfzX3hQlb-C/
The Player	8C (Boulder)	✓	7th October 2022
The Player	https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cjbqo7Kg3wY/ https://youtu.be/rD4tiFwFSB0
Bloody Sunday Low Left	8C (Boulder)	✓
Bloody Sunday Low Left	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTbYesqk4Uk
Squoze	8C (Boulder)		9th September 2019
Squoze	https://www.instagram.com/p/B4qCwYhj079/
The Nest	8C (Boulder)		29th January 2020
The Nest	https://www.instagram.com/p/B74kBmcp3dw/
Paint it Black	8C (Boulder)		5th March 2020
Paint it Black	In a session. https://www.instagram.com/p/B9VjE0jjLVs/
White Noise	8C (Boulder)		30th September 2020
White Noise	https://www.instagram.com/p/CFwzORGD3vZ/
Dicktopia	8C (Boulder)		7th October 2020
Dicktopia	https://www.instagram.com/p/CGBnZEfjNTp/
Traffic	8C (Boulder)		12th February 2021
Traffic	https://www.instagram.com/p/CLLAgtRD2kw/
Death Star	8C (Boulder)		21st March 2021
Death Star	https://www.instagram.com/p/CMqTuDoDUx4/
The Game	8C (Boulder)		14th April 2021
The Game	https://www.instagram.com/p/CWPPBqYNVKl/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeJKkxbrx7Q
Sound of Violence	8C (Boulder)		18th April 2021
Sound of Violence	https://www.instagram.com/p/CNyU-o5jKzT/
Spidy	8C (Boulder)		23rd April 2021
Spidy	Second ascent. https://www.instagram.com/p/CN-2n0XDeQE/
Delirium	8C (Boulder)		2022
Delirium	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObMfh8bLZu4
Everything Gneiss	8C (Boulder)		January 2023
Everything Gneiss	https://www.instagram.com/p/CoIKr05uwrT/
Howl at the Moon	8C (Boulder)		6th May 2023
Howl at the Moon	https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr6j9yJuhvX/
Maxwell's Demon	8B+ (Boulder)	✓	2022
Maxwell's Demon	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW6QSAqFVro
Ozymandias	8B+ (Boulder)	✓	6th October 2022
Ozymandias	https://youtu.be/73f0vj0TUnQ?t=92
Tron	8B+ (Boulder)		November 2020
Tron	https://www.instagram.com/p/CHvTkwRjttN/?hl=en
Mandala SDS	8B+ (Boulder)		2022
Mandala SDS	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufCcZiOraWA
The Ice Knife	8B+ (Boulder)		June 2022	8C
The Ice Knife	https://youtu.be/_v0R90XMsq4 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cei7afWuN_R/

Climb	Grade	FA	Ascent Date	Suggested Grade

Climb	Grade	FA	Ascent Date	Suggested Grade