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:
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38 entries on the list.
| # | Name | Grade | First Ascent | Suggested Grade | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |