15 December 2011

The hardest reported boulders

Here is a prelimary list for which 8C+ have been reported by 8a. Boulder routes are excluded. It is interesting that actually we have never seen an 8C+ confirmation instead in most cases, repeaters have suggested 1-3 grades lower. 1. Tonino '78, Mauro Calibani 2004 2. Shadowplay, John Gaskins (8C) 2004 3. The Story of 2 Worlds, Dave Graham (8C) 2005 4. Memento, Bernd Zangerl 2005 5. Hydrangea, Dai Koyamada 2005 6. Entlinge, Fred Nicole 2005 7. Terremer, Fred Nicole 2006 8. Anam Cara, Bernd Zangerl 2007 9. Gioia, Christian Core (8C) 2008, Adam Ondra 10. Bokassa's Frigde..., Toni Lamprecht 2009 11. The Game, Daniel Woods 2010 12. Lucid dreaming, Paul Robinson 2010 13. Terranova, Adam Ondra 2011 Here is another list with all 8C's.
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