Recent Hard Ascents

The criteria for ascents to be included is below. These have been chosen to try and keep an interesting number of ascents on the list while also being manageable to maintain and keeping it somewhat comprehensive.

Worked
Boulder Sport Trad
Men 8C 9a+ E9
Women 8B 8c+ E7
Flash or Onsight
Boulder Sport Trad
Men 8B 8c E7
Women 8A 8b E6

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Climb Grade Climber Date
1 Exodia
Rifugio di Barbara
9A+ Adam Ondra 16th Oct 2026
2 Distillery
Bridalveil Falls
9A Aidan Roberts 4th Nov 2026
3 Return of the Sleepwalker
Black Velvet Canyon
9A Dayan Akhtar 3rd Nov 2026
4 Realm of Tor’ment
Raven Tor
9A Matthew Mendes 2nd Nov 2026
5 No One Mourns the Wicked
Thunder Ridge
9A Ritsu Kayotani Before 22nd Oct 2026
6 Moonlight Sonata
Joe's Valley
8C+ Simone Tentori Before 21st Oct 2026
7 Sword of Damocles
Mount Evans
8C+ Daniel Woods 17th Oct 2026
8 Permanent Midnight Low
Fionnay
8C+ Sam Weir Before 14th Oct 2026
9 Sosa
Little Cottonwood Canyon
8C+ Luke Gerhardt Before 10th Oct 2026
10 Creature from the Black Lagoon
Chaos Canyon
8C+ Owen Whaley Before 10th Oct 2026
11 Tanpopo
Shiobara
8C+ Yuta Imaizumi Before 7th Oct 2026
12 Insomniac
Lincoln Lake
8C+ Simone Tentori Before 6th Oct 2026
13 The Doors of Perception
Little Cottonwood Canyon
8C Landers Gaydosh Before 4th Nov 2026
14 The Doors of Perception
Little Cottonwood Canyon
8C Ben Hanna Before 4th Nov 2026
15 Dreamtime
Cresciano
8C Taein Kim Before 3rd Nov 2026
16 Hail of the Gods (FA) 8C Jimmy Webb Before 2nd Nov 2026
17 Hall of the Gods (FA) 8C Jimmy Webb Before 2nd Nov 2026
18 Foundation's Edge
Fionnay
8C Mathis Chappe Before 2nd Nov 2026
19 The Big Island
Coquibus Rumont
8C Oriane Bertone Before 31st Oct 2026
20 4-Low
Valle Bavona
8C Sungsu Lee Before 31st Oct 2026
21 4-Low
Valle Bavona
8C Sungsu Lee Before 31st Oct 2026
22 The Story of Two Worlds
Cresciano
8C Jorge Díaz-Rullo 30th Oct 2026
23 Sleepwalker
Black Velvet Canyon
8C Raffael Gruber Before 30th Oct 2026
24 Sleepwalker
Black Velvet Canyon
8C Nikolay Rusev Before 29th Oct 2026
25 Defying Gravity
Thunder Ridge
8C Tusnády Nimrod 27th Oct 2026
26 Sleepwalker
Black Velvet Canyon
8C Yuta Imaizumi Before 27th Oct 2026
27 Sleepwalker
Black Velvet Canyon
8C Dayan Akhtar 26th Oct 2026
28 Kyanite
Valle Bavona
8C Marco Müller 26th Oct 2026
29 Ultimator 8C Piotr Schab Before 25th Oct 2026
30 The Game
Cob Rock
8C Ritsu Kayotani Before 25th Oct 2026
31 The Big Island
Coquibus Rumont
8C Teodor Kirkebø Before 23rd Oct 2026
32 Defying Gravity
Thunder Ridge
8C Lukáš Mokroluský 23rd Oct 2026
33 Asagimadara
Mizugaki
8C Shintaro Kaneki Before 22nd Oct 2026
34 Defying Gravity
Thunder Ridge
8C Timo Užnik 21st Oct 2026
35 Defying Gravity
Thunder Ridge
8C Nicolai Užnik 21st Oct 2026
36 Flow State
Val Daone
8C Davide Picco 19th Oct 2026
37 Defying Gravity
Thunder Ridge
8C Ritsu Kayotani Before 17th Oct 2026
38 P.I.G.
Gotthard Pass
8C Mei Kotake Before 14th Oct 2026
39 Solar Plexus
Valle Bavona
8C Yannick Flohé Before 13th Oct 2026
40 Selección Gourmet (FA)
Campisábalos
8C Pablo Zamora Before 13th Oct 2026
41 Dobramoc (FA)
Muchówka
8C Piotr Schab Before 9th Oct 2026
42 Méithra
Arolla
8C Marine Thevenet Before 6th Oct 2026
43 Quiet Storm
Gotthard Pass
8B+ Han Seuran Before 1st Nov 2026
44 Tigris SDS
Magic Wood
8B+ Mei Kotake Before 15th Oct 2026
45 Quiet Storm
Gotthard Pass
8B+ Mei Kotake Before 13th Oct 2026
46 Hazel Grace
Gotthard Pass
8B+ Mei Kotake Before 13th Oct 2026
47 L'Oppio dei Climbers
Val Daone
8B+ Katie Lamb Before 9th Oct 2026
48 L'Oppio dei Climbers
Val Daone
8B+ Jana Švecová 9th Oct 2026
49 Meadowlark Lemon
Gateway Canyon
8B Melody Sekikawa Before 5th Nov 2026
50 The Swarm
The Buttermilks
8B Anon Matsufuji Before 4th Nov 2026
51 Baboon Master (rallongé)
Rocher Canon
8B Fanny Gibert 17th Oct 2026
52 Verden på lørdag (Flash)
Vingsand
8B Ørjan Rødland Vaage Before 11th Oct 2026
53 Black Magic (Flash)
Apron Boulders
8B Jesse Grupper Before 9th Oct 2026
Climb Grade Climber Date
1 DNA
La Ramirole
9c Jakob Schubert 10th Oct 2026
2 Wunderbare Jahre (FA) 9b Christian Leitner Before 30th Oct 2026
3 Grandmaster (FA)
Cornalba
9b Luca Bana 24th Oct 2026
4 La Vie
Rodellar
9b Alex Garriga Before 20th Oct 2026
5 Video Killed the Radio Star (FA)
5G
9b Jonathan Siegrist 19th Oct 2026
6 Goldrake
Cornalba
9a+ Giovanni Placci 26th Oct 2026
7 Kjernekraft (FA)
Julsundet
9a+ Ola Vekve 25th Oct 2026
8 Not So Isili
Isili
9a+ Andrea Sofia 24th Oct 2026
9 Midnight Way
Paradise Valley
9a+ Sonnie Trotter Before 20th Oct 2026
10 Kinder Cakes
Rifle
9a+ Dan Mirsky 14th Oct 2026
11 Victimes del Futur
Margalef
9a Willow Petrobelli Before 2nd Nov 2026
12 Tecnoking
Las Chilcas
9a Laura Rogora Before 31st Oct 2026
13 Harroputza
Eugino
9a Ana Belén Argudo Marugan Before 26th Oct 2026
14 Speed Intégrale
Voralpsee
9a Maggie Kompein Before 24th Oct 2026
15 Alone
Gorges du Loup
9a Claudia Ghisolfi 15th Oct 2026
16 Hades
Götterwandl
9a Jessica Pilz 15th Oct 2026
17 Hématome Crochu
Verdon Gorge
9a Nolwen Berthier Before 14th Oct 2026
18 La Fabelita (Flash)
Santa Linya
8c Filip Matejička 24th Oct 2026
Climb Grade Climber Date
1 ...But Nothing Is Lost
Ben Loyal
E12 Dave MacLeod 29th Oct 2026
2 Drifter's Escape
Squamish
E12 Pietro Vidi Before 23rd Oct 2026
3 Rhapsody
Dumbarton Rock
E11 Lara Neumeier Before 19th Oct 2026
4 Rhapsody
Dumbarton Rock
E11 Nemuel Feurle Before 16th Oct 2026
5 Smart Went Crazy
Eldorado Canyon
E10 Beckett Aizeki 25th Oct 2026
6 Gunslinger
Murrin Park
E10 Hamish McArthur Before 17th Oct 2026
7 The Wikiman (FA)
The Star Factory
E10 Oliver Schmidt 15th Oct 2026
8 Lonesome Dove (FA)
Dovestones Quarry
E9 Jim Pope 18th Oct 2026
9 Resurrection Free
The Rostrum
E8 Barbara Zangerl 28th Oct 2026