9a.quest
The hardest boulder problems in the world - graded at least 9a/V17:
"Burden of Dreams 9a" (Finland) -
Nalle Hukkataival
, 24th Oct 2016 (plus Will Bosi, Simon Lorenzi, Elias Iagnemma and Sungsu Lee)
"Soudain Seul 9a" (France) -
Simon Lorenzi
, 8th Feb 2021 (plus Nico Pelorson, Camille Coudert, Adam Ondra and Samuel Richard)
"Return of the Sleepwalker 9a" (USA) -
Daniel Woods
, 31st Mar 2021 (plus Will Bosi, Noah Wheeler, Simon Lorenzi, Ryuichi Murai, Zach Galla, Adam Shahar and Nathan Williams)
"Alphane 9a" (Switzerland) -
Shawn Raboutou
, 6th Apr 2022 (plus Aidan Roberts, Will Bosi, Simon Lorenzi, Jakob Schubert and Sean Bailey)
"Megatron 9a" (USA) -
Shawn Raboutou
, 15th Nov 2022 (plus Hamish McArthur)
"Blackflip SDS 8c+/9a" (Russia) -
Vadim Timonov
, 17th May 2023
"Shaolin 9a" (USA) -
Sean Bailey
, 17th Feb 2024 (plus Noah Wheeler, Zach Galla, Simon Lorenzi and Jakob Schubert)
"Spots of Time 9a" (UK) -
Aidan Roberts
, 23rd May 2024 (plus Will Bosi)
"Arrival of the Birds 9a" (Switzerland) -
Aidan Roberts
, 28th Jun 2024 (plus Sean Bailey)
"No One Mourns the Wicked 9a" (USA) -
Nathaniel Coleman
, 3rd Dec 2024 (plus Hamish McArthur and Beckett Hsin)
"The Big Slamm 9a" (Italy) -
Elias Iagnemma
, 15th Jan 2025
"Mount Doom 9a" (Austria) -
Nicolai Užnik
, 1st Mar 2025 (plus Jakob Schubert)
"Realm of Tor’ment 9a" (UK) -
Will Bosi
, 11th May 2025
"Exodia 9a+" (Italy) -
Elias Iagnemma
, 10th November 2025
Downgraded 9a/V17 boulder problems:
"No Kpote Only" (France) -
Charles Albert
, 2019 (plus Ryohei Kameyama and Nico Pelorson)
→ 8c+/V16
"L’ombre du voyageur" (France) -
Charles Albert
, 2023 (plus Pietro Vidi)
→ 8b+/V14