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 Creature from the Black Lagoon
Chaos Canyon 		8C+ Austin Hoyt 3rd Jul 2026
2 Tsunami
Lofoten 		8C+ Teodor Kirkebø Before 21st Jun 2026
3 Creature from the Black Lagoon
Chaos Canyon 		8C+ Noah Wheeler 16th Jun 2026
4 Murano Low 8C Marcello Bombardi Before 8th Jul 2026
5 Equanimity
Lost World 		8C Simone Tentori Before 7th Jul 2026
6 Big Snapper
Sustenpass Boulders 		8C Stefano Ghisolfi 4th Jul 2026
7 Brain Rot
Magic Wood 		8C Julian Bresler 3rd Jul 2026
8 Gateway
Mount Evans 		8C Benn Wheeler 3rd Jul 2026
9 Gateway
Mount Evans 		8C Noah Wheeler 3rd Jul 2026
10 P.I.G. (FA)
Gotthard Pass 		8C Stefano Ghisolfi Before 3rd Jul 2026
11 The Finnish Line
The Coop 		8C Elias Iagnemma Before 30th Jun 2026
12 Power of Now Direct
Magic Wood 		8C Julian Bresler 29th Jun 2026
13 Power of Now Direct
Magic Wood 		8C Mejdi Schalck Before 27th Jun 2026
14 Big Arms
Lincoln Lake 		8C Adam Shahar 22nd Jun 2026
15 Child of Hell
Gotthard Pass 		8C David Firnenburg 21st Jun 2026
16 The Singularity
Grand Wall Boulders 		8C Sungsu Lee Before 20th Jun 2026
17 The Finnish Line
The Coop 		8C James Pearson 17th Jun 2026
18 Panthera sitt (FA)
Glasøyfjellet 		8C Thilo Schröter Jun 2026
19 Quiet Storm
Gotthard Pass 		8B+ Shauna Coxsey Before 10th Jul 2026
20 Compass North (Flash)
Fionnay 		8B+ Diego Fourbet Before 29th Jun 2026
21 The Age of Aquarius
Squamish 		8B+ Katie Lamb Before 18th Jun 2026
22 The Guest List (Flash)
Eland 		8B Marco Zanone Before 14th Jul 2026
23 Moon Shadow (Flash)
The Coop 		8B Caleb Franchere 3rd Jul 2026
24 Voz Suave Del Mar (Flash)
Gotthard Pass 		8B Jorge Díaz-Rullo 23rd Jun 2026
25 Mindstream (Flash)
Smuggler's Notch 		8A+ Michaela Kiersch 28th Jun 2026
Climb Grade Climber Date
1 El Picacho
Rodellar 		9b Enrique Beltrán Blasco 28th Jun 2026
2 Las Meninas R2
Rodellar 		9a+ Sergio San Martín Fernandez 12th Jul 2026
3 Jungle Boogie
Céüse 		9a+ Matteo Marobin Before 8th Jul 2026
4 Verdens Ende (FA)
Flatanger Cave 		9a+ Leo Bøe 2nd Jul 2026
5 Kangaroo's Limb
Flatanger Cave 		9a+ Hannes Puman Before 2nd Jul 2026
6 Patanics
Rodellar 		9a+ Laura Rogora 30th Jun 2026
7 No Pain No Gain
Rodellar 		9a+ Laura Rogora 28th Jun 2026
8 Megageremia
Valbrona 		9a Laura Rogora 12th Jul 2026
9 Cosi se Arete
Rodellar 		9a Laura Rogora 2nd Jul 2026
10 Moon Landing
Passo della Presolana 		9a Laura Rogora Before 22nd Jun 2026
11 Cosi Fan Tutte (Onsight)
Rodellar 		8c+ Laura Rogora 2nd Jul 2026
12 Dancing on the Moon
Passo della Presolana 		8c+ Laura Rogora Before 22nd Jun 2026
13 Bronx
Orgon 		8c+ Manon Hily 17th Jun 2026
14 La Reina de la Piscineta (Onsight)
Rodellar 		8c Laura Rogora Before 4th Jul 2026
15 Duroi (Onsight)
Fonte Santa 		8b+ Laura Rogora 6th Jul 2026
16 Pink Panzer 8b Laura Rogora 6th Jul 2026
17 Botanics (Onsight)
Rodellar 		8b Laura Rogora Before 28th Jun 2026
Climb Grade Climber Date
1 Yma O Hyd
Gallt yr Ogof 		E10 Hazel Findlay 13th Jul 2026
2 Yma O Hyd
Gallt yr Ogof 		E10 James Taylor 13th Jul 2026
3 Yma O Hyd
Gallt yr Ogof 		E10 Tom Pearce 13th Jul 2026
4 Mission Impossible
Gallt yr Ogof 		E9 Rhoslyn Frugtniet 6th Jul 2026
5 Mission Impossible
Gallt yr Ogof 		E9 Tom Pearce 3rd Jul 2026
6 Away With the Faeries
Carn Liath 		E9 Dave MacLeod 28th Jun 2026
7 The Crack of Destiny
The Chief 		E9 Nat Bailey Jun 2026
8 Dalriada
The Cobbler 		E7 Rhoslyn Frugtniet 21st Jun 2026
9 Ginger Ninja
Craig y Clipiau 		E7 Katie Keeley 20th Jun 2026