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/

[2] AMA on reddit.com/r/climbharder, June 2023 https://www.reddit.com/r/climbharder/comments/14bxa21/drew_ruana_ama_round_2/

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/

[2] AMA on reddit.com/r/climbharder, June 2023 https://www.reddit.com/r/climbharder/comments/14bxa21/drew_ruana_ama_round_2/


Lists


Podcasts


Pics + Vids

The Ice Knife (8B+)
Added at 21:08 on 15 August 2023
Gateway (8C, FA)
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Added at 22:07 on 13 July 2023
Bloody Sunday Low Left (8C, FA)
Added at 08:12 on 12 December 2022
Ozymandias (8B+, FA)
Added at 20:11 on 09 November 2022
Insomniac (8C+, FA)
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Added at 11:07 on 11 July 2021
Railway (8C)
Added at 05:06 on 12 June 2023
Echalo (8C, FA)
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Added at 07:03 on 24 March 2021
Creature from the Black Lagoon (8C+)
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Added at 07:03 on 24 March 2021
Creature from the Black Lagoon (8C+)
Added at 07:03 on 24 March 2021
Death Star (8C)
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Added at 13:03 on 24 March 2021
Traffic (8C)
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Added at 13:03 on 24 March 2021
Dicktopia (8C)
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Added at 13:03 on 24 March 2021
White Noise (8C)
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Added at 13:03 on 24 March 2021
Box Therapy (8C+)
Added at 13:03 on 24 March 2021
Box Therapy (8C+)
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Added at 13:03 on 24 March 2021
Paint it Black (8C)
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Added at 13:03 on 24 March 2021
Pegasus (8C, FA)
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Added at 13:03 on 24 March 2021
Pegasus (8C, FA)
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Added at 13:03 on 24 March 2021
The Nest (8C)
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Added at 13:03 on 24 March 2021
Sleepwalker (8C+)
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Added at 13:03 on 24 March 2021
Squoze (8C)
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Added at 13:03 on 24 March 2021
Dystopia (8C, FA)
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Added at 06:03 on 30 March 2021
Sound of Violence (8C)
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Added at 07:04 on 30 April 2021
Spidy (8C)
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Added at 07:04 on 30 April 2021
Bloody Sunday SDS (8C, FA)
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Added at 07:04 on 30 April 2021
Bookkeeping (8C+, FA)
Added at 06:12 on 22 December 2022
Bookkeeping (8C+, FA)
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Added at 06:12 on 22 December 2022
Maxwell's Demon (8B+, FA)
Added at 11:02 on 13 February 2023
Insomniac (8C+, FA)
Added at 18:03 on 07 March 2022
The Game (8C)
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Added at 18:03 on 07 March 2022
The Game (8C)
Added at 18:03 on 07 March 2022
Mandala SDS (8B+)
Added at 08:03 on 18 March 2022
Just Do It (8c+)
Added at 18:04 on 06 April 2022
The Assassin (9a, FA)
Added at 15:04 on 07 April 2022
Tron (8B+)
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Added at 16:11 on 16 November 2022
Big Arms (8C, FA)
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Added at 21:07 on 11 July 2022
Everything Gneiss (8C)
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Added at 17:02 on 01 February 2023
Howl at the Moon (8C)
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Added at 20:05 on 19 May 2023
Dire Wolf (8C, FA)
Added at 20:04 on 17 April 2022
Dire Wolf (8C, FA)
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Added at 20:04 on 17 April 2022
Insomniac (8C+, FA)
Added at 15:06 on 05 June 2022
Dystopia (8C, FA)
Added at 17:06 on 05 June 2022
Delirium (8C)
Added at 15:06 on 14 June 2022
The Ice Knife (8B+)
Added at 05:07 on 20 July 2022
The Ice Knife (8B+)
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Added at 05:07 on 20 July 2022
Distortion (8C+, FA)
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Added at 10:08 on 18 August 2022
Bloody Sunday SDS (8C, FA)
Added at 10:09 on 22 September 2022
The Player (8C, FA)
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Added at 03:10 on 08 October 2022
The Player (8C, FA)
Added at 03:10 on 08 October 2022
The Ice Knife SDS (8C+)
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Added at 21:10 on 26 October 2022

Ascents

41 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 worked) Apr 2013

Aged 13.

2014 Just Do It 8c+ (Lead worked) 22nd Nov 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-5om6lG_d8

2015
2016 The Assassin 9a (Lead worked) 13th Feb 2016

Smith's hardest route to date.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUHuxJPttXk

2017
2018
2019 Squoze 8C (Boulder worked) 9th Sep 2019

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4qCwYhj079/

2020 Sleepwalker 8C+ (Boulder worked) 26th Jan 2020

https://www.instagram.com/p/B7zPaDap17g/

The Nest 8C (Boulder worked) 29th Jan 2020

https://www.instagram.com/p/B74kBmcp3dw/

Pegasus 8C (Boulder worked) 10th Feb 2020

https://www.instagram.com/p/B8ZD7BpJF6u/

https://www.instagram.com/p/B8XdHE7JCza/

Paint it Black 8C (Boulder worked) 5th Mar 2020

In a session.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B9VjE0jjLVs/

Box Therapy 8C+ (Boulder worked) 18th Jul 2020

Second ascent.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CCyeC_9j-7u/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8VwgjiZKIo

Creature from the Black Lagoon 8C+ (Boulder worked) 16th Aug 2020

https://www.instagram.com/p/CD9LZH9DRD-/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xorFvE4Zt8Y

Echalo 8C (Boulder worked) 26th Sep 2020

https://www.instagram.com/p/CFm0gdYDEkf/

White Noise 8C (Boulder worked) 30th Sep 2020

https://www.instagram.com/p/CFwzORGD3vZ/

Dicktopia 8C (Boulder worked) 7th Oct 2020

https://www.instagram.com/p/CGBnZEfjNTp/

Tron 8B+ (Boulder worked) Nov 2020

https://www.instagram.com/p/CHvTkwRjttN/?hl=en

2021 Traffic 8C (Boulder worked) 12th Feb 2021

https://www.instagram.com/p/CLLAgtRD2kw/

Death Star 8C (Boulder worked) 21st Mar 2021

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMqTuDoDUx4/

Dystopia 8C (Boulder worked) 30th Mar 2021

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNB54OFjUn3/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWydR0r60fA

The Game 8C (Boulder worked) 14th Apr 2021

https://www.instagram.com/p/CWPPBqYNVKl/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeJKkxbrx7Q

Sound of Violence 8C (Boulder worked) 18th Apr 2021

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNyU-o5jKzT/

Spidy 8C (Boulder worked) 23rd Apr 2021

Second ascent.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CN-2n0XDeQE/

Bloody Sunday SDS 8C (Boulder worked) 30th Apr 2021

https://www.instagram.com/p/CORjzAjDnuM/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPQM-2MabLs

Insomniac 8C+ (Boulder worked) 9th Jul 2021

https://www.instagram.com/p/CRKU4iJDtVL/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZD3wY2-ULY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYW1dK9Fz9M

2022 Delirium 8C (Boulder worked) 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObMfh8bLZu4

Maxwell's Demon 8B+ (Boulder worked) 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW6QSAqFVro

Mandala SDS 8B+ (Boulder worked) 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufCcZiOraWA

Dire Wolf 8C (Boulder worked) 16th Apr 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaaVdtKn6-w

https://www.instagram.com/p/CcdODFpFu8y/

The Ice Knife 8B+ (Boulder worked) Jun 2022

https://youtu.be/_v0R90XMsq4

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cei7afWuN_R/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOZDktz8qlA

Big Arms 8C (Boulder worked) Jul 2022

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 worked) Aug 2022

https://www.instagram.com/p/ChXpzvwOyh1/

The Ice Knife SDS 8C+ (Boulder worked) 5th Oct 2022

The second ascent after a protracted ~35 day siege.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CkLkD07LQRl/

Ozymandias 8B+ (Boulder worked) 6th Oct 2022

https://youtu.be/73f0vj0TUnQ?t=92

The Player 8C (Boulder worked) 7th Oct 2022

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cjbqo7Kg3wY/

https://youtu.be/rD4tiFwFSB0

Bookkeeping 8C+ (Boulder worked) 21st Dec 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJEMuGHaohQ

https://www.instagram.com/p/CmczvuaOGRn/

2023 Gateway 8C (Boulder worked) 2023

https://www.instagram.com/p/CupC2Inrrew/=

Everything Gneiss 8C (Boulder worked) Jan 2023

https://www.instagram.com/p/CoIKr05uwrT/

Maxwell's Demon Low 8C+ (Boulder worked) 16th Feb 2023
Howl at the Moon 8C (Boulder worked) 6th May 2023

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr6j9yJuhvX/

Howl at the Moon SDS 8C+ (Boulder worked) 18th May 2023

https://www.instagram.com/p/CsYqCaWLqkB/

Railway 8C (Boulder worked) 9th Jun 2023

Drew mentioned that a small foothold had broken off since the FA, but it did not affect the original beta.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaYYVvpOY3U

https://www.8a.nu/news/drew-ruana-cant-stop-sending

Climb Grade FA Ascent Date Suggested Grade
The Assassin 9a (Lead worked) 13th Feb 2016

Smith's hardest route to date.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUHuxJPttXk

Just Do It 8c+ (Lead worked) 22nd Nov 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-5om6lG_d8

To Bolt or Not to Be 8b+ (Lead worked) Apr 2013

Aged 13.

Climb Grade FA Ascent Date Suggested Grade
Insomniac 8C+ (Boulder worked) 9th Jul 2021 8C+

https://www.instagram.com/p/CRKU4iJDtVL/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZD3wY2-ULY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYW1dK9Fz9M

Distortion 8C+ (Boulder worked) Aug 2022

https://www.instagram.com/p/ChXpzvwOyh1/

Bookkeeping 8C+ (Boulder worked) 21st Dec 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJEMuGHaohQ

https://www.instagram.com/p/CmczvuaOGRn/

Maxwell's Demon Low 8C+ (Boulder worked) 16th Feb 2023
Howl at the Moon SDS 8C+ (Boulder worked) 18th May 2023

https://www.instagram.com/p/CsYqCaWLqkB/

Sleepwalker 8C+ (Boulder worked) 26th Jan 2020

https://www.instagram.com/p/B7zPaDap17g/

Box Therapy 8C+ (Boulder worked) 18th Jul 2020 8C+

Second ascent.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CCyeC_9j-7u/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8VwgjiZKIo

Creature from the Black Lagoon 8C+ (Boulder worked) 16th Aug 2020

https://www.instagram.com/p/CD9LZH9DRD-/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xorFvE4Zt8Y

The Ice Knife SDS 8C+ (Boulder worked) 5th Oct 2022 8C+

The second ascent after a protracted ~35 day siege.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CkLkD07LQRl/

Pegasus 8C (Boulder worked) 10th Feb 2020

https://www.instagram.com/p/B8ZD7BpJF6u/

https://www.instagram.com/p/B8XdHE7JCza/

Echalo 8C (Boulder worked) 26th Sep 2020

https://www.instagram.com/p/CFm0gdYDEkf/

Dystopia 8C (Boulder worked) 30th Mar 2021

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNB54OFjUn3/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWydR0r60fA

Bloody Sunday SDS 8C (Boulder worked) 30th Apr 2021

https://www.instagram.com/p/CORjzAjDnuM/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPQM-2MabLs

Dire Wolf 8C (Boulder worked) 16th Apr 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaaVdtKn6-w

https://www.instagram.com/p/CcdODFpFu8y/

Big Arms 8C (Boulder worked) Jul 2022

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 worked) 7th Oct 2022

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cjbqo7Kg3wY/

https://youtu.be/rD4tiFwFSB0

Gateway 8C (Boulder worked) 2023

https://www.instagram.com/p/CupC2Inrrew/=

Bloody Sunday Low Left 8C (Boulder worked)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTbYesqk4Uk

Squoze 8C (Boulder worked) 9th Sep 2019

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4qCwYhj079/

The Nest 8C (Boulder worked) 29th Jan 2020

https://www.instagram.com/p/B74kBmcp3dw/

Paint it Black 8C (Boulder worked) 5th Mar 2020

In a session.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B9VjE0jjLVs/

White Noise 8C (Boulder worked) 30th Sep 2020

https://www.instagram.com/p/CFwzORGD3vZ/

Dicktopia 8C (Boulder worked) 7th Oct 2020

https://www.instagram.com/p/CGBnZEfjNTp/

Traffic 8C (Boulder worked) 12th Feb 2021

https://www.instagram.com/p/CLLAgtRD2kw/

Death Star 8C (Boulder worked) 21st Mar 2021

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMqTuDoDUx4/

The Game 8C (Boulder worked) 14th Apr 2021

https://www.instagram.com/p/CWPPBqYNVKl/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeJKkxbrx7Q

Sound of Violence 8C (Boulder worked) 18th Apr 2021

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNyU-o5jKzT/

Spidy 8C (Boulder worked) 23rd Apr 2021

Second ascent.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CN-2n0XDeQE/

Delirium 8C (Boulder worked) 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObMfh8bLZu4

Everything Gneiss 8C (Boulder worked) Jan 2023

https://www.instagram.com/p/CoIKr05uwrT/

Howl at the Moon 8C (Boulder worked) 6th May 2023

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr6j9yJuhvX/

Railway 8C (Boulder worked) 9th Jun 2023

Drew mentioned that a small foothold had broken off since the FA, but it did not affect the original beta.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaYYVvpOY3U

https://www.8a.nu/news/drew-ruana-cant-stop-sending

Maxwell's Demon 8B+ (Boulder worked) 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW6QSAqFVro

Ozymandias 8B+ (Boulder worked) 6th Oct 2022

https://youtu.be/73f0vj0TUnQ?t=92

Tron 8B+ (Boulder worked) Nov 2020

https://www.instagram.com/p/CHvTkwRjttN/?hl=en

Mandala SDS 8B+ (Boulder worked) 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufCcZiOraWA

The Ice Knife 8B+ (Boulder worked) Jun 2022 8C

https://youtu.be/_v0R90XMsq4

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cei7afWuN_R/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOZDktz8qlA

Spidey 8B+ (Boulder worked) 8C

Second ascent.

Climb Grade FA Ascent Date Suggested Grade
Climb Grade FA Ascent Date Suggested Grade