24 October 2017

Groundbreaking ascents in bouldering

Here is a quick draft. Maximum one ascent per climber and traverses are excluded. Please make comments. 1. Burden of Dreams 9A Nalle Hukkataival 2016 2. Monkey Wedding 8C Fred Nicole 2002 3. Horizon 8C Ashima Shiraishi (14) 2016 4. Solaris 8A+ Josune Bereziartu 2003 5.Trice 8A+ Jim Holloway 1975 6. Gioia 8C (+) Christian Core 8C+ 2008 7. Catharsis 8B+ Tomoa Ogawa 2012 8. The Wheel of Life 8B+ (C) Dai Koyamada 2004 9. FA ? 7C John Gill 1959 0. Flash Entlinge 8B (+) Daniel Woods 2011, Flash Jade 8B+ Adam Ondra 2015, The Story of Two World's 8C Dave Graham 2005
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