The Hardest Trad Routes in the World

A list of all the single pitch trad routes E10 or harder that have currently been climbed, including details of the first ascent.

Note that the definition of 'single pitch' is a little loose. The idea is to include things like Drifter's Escape where the meat of the climbing is a very hard single pitch, but to exclude big walls like Magic Mushroom where the individual pitches can be very hard but the real difficulty is the effort of climbing all the pitches.

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

71 entries on the list.

# ClimbGradeFirst Ascent
1 Bon Voyage E12 James Pearson, Between 1st Jan 2023 and 9th Feb 2023
2 Drifter's Escape E12 Connor Herson, Jul 2025
3 ...But Nothing Is Lost E12 Franco Cookson, 28th Apr 2026
4 Rhapsody E11 Dave MacLeod, 9th Apr 2006
5 Meltdown E11 Beth Rodden, 14th Feb 2008
6 Echo Wall E11 Dave MacLeod, 28th Jul 2008
7 Nothing Lasts E11 Franco Cookson, 9th Apr 2017
8 Tribe E11 Jacopo Larcher, Mar 2019
9 Immortal E11 Franco Cookson, 17th Apr 2021
10 Lexicon E11 Neil Gresham, 4th Sep 2021
11 The Best Things In Life Are Free E11 William Moss, 12th Mar 2023
12 Crown Royale E11 Pete Whittaker, Between 23rd Sep 2023 and 28th Sep 2023
13 Magic Line E10 Ron Kauk, 6th Dec 1996
14 Equilibrium E10 Neil Bentley, 24th Feb 2000
15 Doctor Dolittle E10 John Arran, 2001
16 A Moment of Clarity E10 John Gaskins, Feb 2006
17 Sewer Rat E10 Dave Sharratt, Before 18th Aug 2006
18 To Hell and Back E10 Dave MacLeod, 24th Jul 2007
19 The Human Skewer Direct E10 Mark Edwards, Aug 2007
20 Direquiem E10 Sonnie Trotter, 6th May 2008
21 Ill Fire E10 Pete Kamitses, Before 26th Sep 2008
22 Viceroy E10 Matt Wilder, 2009
23 Smart Went Crazy E10 Matt Segal, Mar 2009
24 Stoning the Fascist E10 Pete Kamitses, 20th Sep 2010
25 Die by the Drop E10 Dave MacLeod, 31st Oct 2010
26 Century Crack E10 Pete Whittaker, Tom Randall, Nov 2011
27 The Bull E10 Jeremy Smith, May 2013
28 The Recovery Drink E10 Nicolas Favresse, 22nd May 2013
29 Hold Fast, Hold True E10 Julian Lines, Jun 2013
30 Parthian Shot E10 Ben Bransby, Nov 2013
31 Sleepy Hollow E10 Pete Whittaker, 8th Dec 2013
32 The Pura Pura E10 Tom Randall, 2014
33 Family Man E10 Sonnie Trotter, 2014
34 Hanuman E10 Jonas Schild, Mar 2014
35 The Bigger Baron E10 Pete Whittaker, 31st Mar 2014
36 Choronzon E10 Neil Mawson, 21st Sep 2014
37 Stranger Than Fiction E10 Mason Earle, 2015
38 Blackbeard's Tears E10 Ethan Pringle, 2016
39 The Millenium Arch E10 Pete Whittaker, Tom Randall, Between 3rd Oct 2016 and 13th Oct 2016
40 Le Voyage E10 James Pearson, 2017
41 Power Ranger E10 James Pearson, 2017
42 Into the Sun E10 Bernd Zangerl, Aug 2017
43 Lamb of God E10 Pete Whittaker, Before 25th Sep 2017
44 En Passant E10 Nathan Hadley, 1st May 2019
45 GreatNess Wall E10 Steve McClure, 27th May 2019
46 Crown Duel E10 Pete Whittaker, Aug 2019
47 Mind Riot E10 Dave MacLeod, Oct 2019
48 Final Score E10 Neil Gresham, Sep 2020
49 La Bruja E10 Ignacio Mulero, 2021
50 Hard Cheese E10 Craig Matheson, 28th May 2021
51 What We Do in the Shadows E10 Robbie Phillips, 5th Oct 2021
52 The Great Rift E10 Pete Whittaker, Tom Randall, Nov 2021
53 Jeune et Con E10 Jacopo Larcher, Apr 2022
54 The Sandman E10 Franco Cookson, 8th Apr 2022
55 El Boulder del Pedal E10 Ignacio Mulero, Feb 2023
56 Coldfinger E10 Gordon Lennox, 17th Feb 2023
57 Magical Thinking E10 Mathew Wright, Jul 2023
58 Eigerdosis E10 Pete Whittaker, Aug 2023
59 Black Thistle E10 Mathew Wright, 18th Aug 2023
60 Les Amoureux du Vent E10 Mathieu Miquel, Before 17th Jul 2024
61 Yma O Hyd E10 James McHaffie, Sep 2024
62 Autobahn E10 Tom Randall, 23rd Sep 2024
63 Llechan Lân E10 Osian Parry, 2nd Jul 2025
64 Olympiad E10 -
65 Dr Snuggles E10 -
66 Empath E10 -
67 Gunslinger E10 -
68 A Denti Stretti E10 -
69 Mangia Che Ti Passa E10 Pietro Vidi,
70 Sammansvärjning E10 -
71 Lapoterapia E10 -