History of 8C+

Lists the first boulders graded/suggested at 8C+ or harder.

Includes boulders first ascended before 2020 that are:

List inspired by these articles by Crank Climbing:

Got any corrections? Send them to corrections@climbing-history.org

38 entries on the list.

# NameGradeFirst AscentSuggested GradeDate
1 Transdendenz 8C Thomas Willenberg 8C/8C+ 15th Feb 2003
2 Tonino '78 8C Mauro Calibani 8C+ 24th Jan 2004
3 The Wheel of Life 8B+ Dai Koyamada 8C+ 12th May 2004
4 Memento 8B+ Bernd Zangerl 8C+ 5th Aug 2005
5 Terremer 8C Fred Nicole 8C+ Dec 2005
6 Babel 8C Dai Koyamada 8C/8C+ 31st Jan 2007
7 Gioia 8C+ Christian Core 8C Before 25th Feb 2008
8 Bokassa's Fridge 8C Toni Lamprecht 8C+ 7th Mar 2009
9 Livin' Large 8C+ Nalle Hukkataival 8C 5th Aug 2009
10 The Game 8C Daniel Woods 8C ~ Initially suggested 8C+ 10th Feb 2010
11 Lucid Dreaming 8C Paul Robinson 8C ~ Initially suggested 8C+ 30th Mar 2010
12 Hypnotized Minds 8C+ Daniel Woods 8C+ ~ Initially suggested 8C 21st Oct 2010
13 Asagimadara 8C Tokio Muroi 8C+ 2011
14 Kaiser Sauzé 8C Romain Desgranges 8C/8C+ 2011
15 Terranova 8C+ Adam Ondra 8C+ 10th Nov 2011
16 Wheel of Life Direct 8C James Kassay 8C+ 10th Sep 2012
17 The Ice Knife SDS 8C+ Daniel Woods 8C+ 2nd Nov 2013
18 Crisis 8C Nacho Sánchez 8C/8C+ 26th Dec 2014
19 The Process 8C+ Daniel Woods 8C+ 15th Jan 2015
20 Le Pied à Coulisse 8C Guillaume Glairon-Mondet 8C+ 15th Jan 2016
21 Creature from the Black Lagoon 8C+ Daniel Woods 8C (hard) ~ Initially suggested 8C+ 27th Sep 2016
22 Burden of Dreams 9A Nalle Hukkataival 9A 24th Oct 2016
23 La Teoría del Todo 8B+ Alberto Rocasolano Jaudenes 8C+ Nov 2016
24 Nayuta 8C+ Dai Koyamada 8C+ 4th Apr 2017
25 El Indomable 8C Alberto Rocasolano Jaudenes 8C+ Oct 2017
26 Vrtule 8C Adam Ondra 8C/8C+ 13th Oct 2017
27 La Révolutionnaire 8C+ Charles Albert 8C+ Nov 2017
28 Off the Wagon Low 8C+ Shawn Raboutou 8C+ 27th Oct 2018
29 Box Therapy 8C Daniel Woods 8C ~ Initially suggested 8C+ 29th Oct 2018
30 No Kpote Only 8C+ Charles Albert 9A Dec 2018
31 Hypothèse (assis) 8C+ Charles Albert 8C+ Dec 2018
32 Karoshi 8C+ Paul Robinson 8C+ 15th Dec 2018
33 Sleepwalker 8C Jimmy Webb 8C+ 15th Dec 2018
34 Poison the Well 8C+ Giuliano Cameroni 8C+ 12th Feb 2019
35 REM 8C+ Giuliano Cameroni 8C+ 22nd Feb 2019
36 Ephyra 8C+ Jimmy Webb 8C+ (soft) 29th Mar 2019
37 Ninja Skills SDS 8C Martin Keller 8C/8C+ May 2019
38 United 8C+ Ryuichi Murai 8C+ 7th Nov 2019