Oldest Ascents

This is a list of the oldest ascents at each grade.

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25 entries on the list.

# Grade Climber Climb Age (Days) Age
1 8a Lucy Mitchell Panique au Poulailler 11582 31 years 259 days
2 8a+ Yuji Hirayama Wende 20793 56 years 339 days
3 8b Ben Moon Lockdown 19714 53 years 356 days
4 8b+ Beat Kammerlander Kampfzone 21397 58 years 212 days
5 8c Tim Emmett Archimedes Principle 17985 49 years 88 days
6 8c+ Ben Moon Evolution 19157 52 years 164 days
7 9a Yuji Hirayama Peaceful Mountain 19369 53 years 11 days
8 9a+ Maurizio Zanolla Eternit 18817 51 years 189 days
9 9b Steve McClure Rainman 17116 46 years 314 days
10 9b+ Chris Sharma La Dura Dura 11657 31 years 334 days
11 9c Jakob Schubert B.I.G 11951 32 years 263 days
12 E7 Rob Matheson Tombola 26380 72 years 82 days
13 E8 Nick Bullock Pushing for Rail 19204 52 years 211 days
14 E9 Yuji Hirayama Daydream 20084 54 years 361 days
15 E10 Steve McClure Yma O Hyd 19805 54 years 81 days
16 E11 Steve McClure Lexicon 18686 51 years 58 days
17 E12 Adam Ondra Bon Voyage 11331 31 years 9 days
18 8A Jack Palmieri It Never Fuckin’ Ends! 15089 41 years 114 days
19 8A+ Manuel Marquès Brainstorming 18008 49 years 111 days
20 8B Manuel Marquès Le Miroir des Vanités 19240 52 years 247 days
21 8B+ Dai Koyamada Batto 17230 47 years 64 days
22 8C Dai Koyamada Kaikien 17632 48 years 100 days
23 8C+ Dave Graham Fuck the System 14837 40 years 227 days
24 9A Jakob Schubert Mount Doom 12740 34 years 321 days
25 9A+ Elias Iagnemma Exodia 10951 29 years 358 days