List of grade milestones in rock climbing: Difference between revisions

{{Boulder grade|9A}}:{{efn|Excluded from V17: Charles Albert's ''No Kpote Only'' (2019) was proposed at V17 but was downgraded by the first and second repeaters, Ryohei Kameyama (to V16 in 2020) and Nicolas Pelorson respectively (to V15 in 2020).<ref>{{cite web | website=Gripped | url=https://gripped.com/news/no-kpote-only-downgraded-from-v17-to-v15/ | title=No Kpote Only Downgraded from V17 to V15 | date=9 October 2020 | access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref>}}{{efn|Not included in V17: {{interlanguage link|Simon Lorenzi|cs}}'s ''Soudain Seul'' (2021), proposed at V17 but repeated by Nicolas Pelorson (2021) who felt it was V16 saying "V17 is impossible for Soudain Seul because you do a V12 before a V14/15"; a second repeat by Camille Coudert (2022) upheld the V17 grade, however, it remains listed as V16 or V16/V17 in the main climbing databases.<ref>{{cite web | magazine=[[Climbing (magazine)|Climbing]] | url=https://www.climbing.com/news/soudain-seul-third-ascent/ | first=Daniel | last=Noonan | date=22 February 2022 | title=From V17 to V16 and Back Again: Fontainebleau's Hardest Problem Sees a Third Ascent | access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref><ref name=Alphane/>}}

 

:* ''Return of the Sleepwalker'' – [[Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area|Red Rock Canyon]], ([[United States|US]]) – April 2021 – First ascent by [[Daniel Woods]]; a [[sit start]] into [[Jimmy Webb (climber)|Jimmy Webb's]] ''Sleepwalker'' {{boulder grade|8C+}}; unrepeated (2022).<ref name=GrippedHardest/><ref name="DWoods9A">{{cite web |last1=Corrigan |first1=Kevin |title=Daniel Woods Spent a Month Alone in the Desert to Send the First US V17, He Came Back a Different Person |url=https://www.climbing.com/news/interview-daniel-woods-talks-return-of-the-sleepwalker-v17/ |website=climbing.com |date=7 April 2021 |access-date=19 April 2021}}</ref><ref name=OUTB/>

:* ''Alphane'' – [[Chironico]], ([[Switzerland|SUI]]) – April 6, 2022 – First ascent by {{interlanguage link|Shawn Raboutou|de}},<ref name=Alphane>{{cite magazine | magazine=[[Climbing (magazine)|Climbing]] | url=https://www.climbing.com/news/shawn-raboutou-alphane-v17/ | first=Delaney | last=Miller | date=22 August 2022 | accessdate=25 August 2022 | title=Shawn Raboutou Does First Ascent of "Alphane" (V17)}}</ref><ref name=RaboutouAlphane>{{cite web|url= https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/watch-shawn-raboutou-climb-alphane-9a-boulder-problem-chironico.html|title=Shawn Raboutou climbs Alphane, 9A boulder problem at Chironico |website=PlanetMountain|date=22 August 2022|access-date=22 August 2022}}</ref> and first repeat by Aidan Roberts (October 2022); Roberts was silent on the grade having never climbed at V17, and having previously failed on ''Burden of Dreams''.<ref>{{cite web | website=GearJunkie | url=https://gearjunkie.com/climbing/aidan-roberts-first-repeat-alphane-v17 | title=With Send of 'Alphane,' Aidan Roberts Nabs First-Ever V17 Repeat | first=Andrew | last=McLemore | date=22 October 2022}}</ref> [[William Bosi]] made a second repeat in November 2022 and felt is was easier than his first ascent of ''Honey Badger'' {{boulder grade|8c+}}.<ref name="BosiAlphane">{{cite web |last1=Larssen |first1=Jens |title=Alphane 9A? by Will Bosi |url=https://www.8a.nu/news/alphane-9a-by-will-bosi-iayac |website=8a.nu |publisher=Vertical Life |access-date=6 November 2022}}</ref>