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 Sword of Damocles
Mount Evans
8C+ Simone Tentori Before 22nd Aug 2026
2 Gateway
Mount Evans
8C Simone Tentori Before 6th Sep 2026
3 Tokyo Drift
Lidomorna
8C Adam Ondra 2nd Sep 2026
4 Little Boy du Fond (FA)
Orsay
8C Adam Ondra 31st Aug 2026
5 Foundation's Edge
Fionnay
8C Marco Zanone Before 28th Aug 2026
6 The Finnish Line
The Coop
8C Pablo Hammack Before 27th Aug 2026
7 Power of Now Direct
Magic Wood
8C Noé Moutault Before 26th Aug 2026
8 Adularia
Gotthard Pass
8C Elias Arriagada Krüger 22nd Aug 2026
9 Remote Working
Blackwell Dale
8C Nathan Phillips 21st Aug 2026
10 Fell in Love sit
Cuzzago
8C Nicolo Balducci 17th Aug 2026
11 Child of Hell
Gotthard Pass
8C Yannis Gautier Before 12th Aug 2026
12 The Finnish Line
The Coop
8C Keenan Takahashi 12th Aug 2026
13 Adularia
Gotthard Pass
8C Yannis Gautier Before 12th Aug 2026
14 The Finnish Line
The Coop
8C Solly Kemball-Dorey 12th Aug 2026
15 The Smile
Roadkill Café
8C Niki Rusev Before 11th Aug 2026
16 Estate Means Summer (FA)
Champorcher
8C Niccolò Ceria Before 10th Aug 2026
17 Quiet Storm
Gotthard Pass
8B+ Nina Arthaud Before 26th Aug 2026
18 Hazel Grace
Gotthard Pass
8B+ Nina Arthaud Before 17th Aug 2026
19 Elektrolyte (Flash)
Furkapass
8B Hugo Martín Before 4th Sep 2026
20 Sputnik (Flash)
Sustenpass Boulders
8B Hugo Martín Before 31st Aug 2026
21 Antonio Vivaldi (Flash)
Gloppedalen
8B Alex Megos Before 29th Aug 2026
22 Jaro (Flash)
Cercedilla
8B Jorge Díaz-Rullo 28th Aug 2026
23 The Arch
Campground
8B Sylwia Buczek Before 26th Aug 2026
24 Tuataket (Flash)
Sirevåg
8B Alex Megos Before 24th Aug 2026
25 The Witch
Gotthard Pass
8B Amélie Kägi 23rd Aug 2026
26 The Guest List (Flash)
Eland
8B Jan-luca Posch 23rd Aug 2026
27 Bonjour Finesse
Gotthard Pass
8B Lucia Dörffel 22nd Aug 2026
28 Mooiste Meisie (Flash)
Riverside
8B Jan-luca Posch 18th Aug 2026
29 Kingda Ka
Gotthard Pass
8B Eva Hammelmüller 17th Aug 2026
30 Kwetsa (Flash)
Skyline
8B Jan-luca Posch 11th Aug 2026
31 The Arch
Campground
8B Ayala Kerem 11th Aug 2026
32 Gimme a Break (Flash)
The Coop
8B Jan-luca Posch 10th Aug 2026
33 Clan of the Cave Bears (Flash)
Lincoln Lake
8B Simone Tentori 9th Aug 2026
34 Scary Christmas (Flash)
Gotthard Pass
8A Eva Hammelmüller 18th Aug 2026
Climb Grade Climber Date
1 Bibliographie
Céüse
9b+ Laura Rogora 13th Aug 2026
2 No Pain No Gain
Rodellar
9a+ Leo Cea 2nd Sep 2026
3 Zeleputza
Eugino
9a+ Ainhize Belar Before 13th Aug 2026
4 Kangaroo's Limb
Flatanger Cave
9a+ Dimitri Flick 11th Aug 2026
5 L'Enfant Despote (FA)
La Balme de Yenne
9a+ Maël Musson 10th Aug 2026
6 Chiave della Volta
Arco
9a Laura Rogora Before 3rd Sep 2026
7 L'Aura (FA)
La Poderosa
9a Laura Rogora Before 31st Aug 2026
8 Absinthium
Capanna Bill
9a Iris Bielli 28th Aug 2026
9 Escaladur
Drena
9a Laura Rogora 25th Aug 2026
10 Pornographie
Céüse
9a Laura Rogora 14th Aug 2026
11 New World Order
Little Si
8c+ Charlotte Wylde 28th Aug 2026
12 Ajo Crudo (Onsight)
Cicera
8c Paul Jenft 10th Aug 2026
13 Gillette (FA) (Onsight)
Ciof
8b Iris Bielli 3rd Sep 2026
Climb Grade Climber Date
1 Hollow (FA)
Hollow Caves Bay
E10 Ian Cooper 15th Aug 2026
2 Mission Impossible
Gallt yr Ogof
E9 Alex Mason 25th Aug 2026
3 Greenspit
Rosone - Fornolosa Crags
E9 Lor Sabourin Before 18th Aug 2026
4 Indian Face
Clogwyn Du'r Arddu
E9 Rachel Pearce 16th Aug 2026
5 Autobahn
Berlin
E9 Mary Eden Before 16th Aug 2026
6 Ty Pwmpty
Gallt yr Ogof
E9 Emma Twyford 10th Aug 2026
7 Ty Pwmpty
Gallt yr Ogof
E9 Darren McMaster 10th Aug 2026
8 Ozone
Shawangunks
E9 Jonathan Siegrist 3rd November 0202-3rd September 2026
9 Pathological (Onsight)
Rhoscolyn
E7 Tom Pearce 22nd Aug 2026
10 The Opal (Onsight)
The Chief
E7 Quinn Mason Before 13th Aug 2026
11 The Opal (Onsight)
The Chief
E7 Hamish McArthur Before 13th Aug 2026