The HARDEST Rock Climbs Ever

Today we are taking a deep dive into the history of sport climbing. Let's find out what the hardest routes in the world were at their time. There has been lots of events these last years that all had the potential to rewrite history! I took those into account and compare many sources to compile this list of routes. Since rock climbing grading is so subjective and the sport developed independently in many different countries this list will never be fully accurate, but I tried my best.
Let me know what you think in the comments. Do grades matter? Did I miss any routes?
Some sources:
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[@Landolini]

Ums gleich vorweg zunehmen. Hab während meiner Verletzung meine kreative Energie mal woanders reingesteckt. Keine Angst ich steige wahrscheinlich nicht auf Englisch um. Dachte bloß, dass es ein Thema größerer internationaler Bedeutung ist ;)

[@NathanielSoon]

Amazing research and hardwork in putting this together! Really enjoyed the history!

[@Landolini]

thx dude!

[@grillerichter9546]

Coole Zusammenfassung, Danke!

[@Nigges92]

Klettergeschichte mit Lando. Hat mir mega getaugt. Echt interessant! Man merkt einfach bei jedem Wort dein Herzblut für die ganze Sache! Und dein Englisch ist auch echt super!

[@PatrickWoerner]

Wow, mega Video! Grades don't matter - fun matters!

[@drygordspellweaver8761]

Honestly I think Ondra introduced pretty steep inflation the grading difficulty. The reason being, the routes around that level all take specific training to get used to. If someone does a hard new route that only 2 or 3 in the world can do, and gives themselves a higher grade, then if course the next guy to come along wants to also say he completed that grade. But there are still 9b’s that Adam can’t do. He could have done those instead of making his own routes and just jumping to 9c

[@Landolini]

That's not how grades work in climbing. There's different styles and simply routes that dont suit everyone. So far none of Ondras 9b+ have been downgraded (with the exception of change due to a new kneepad beta). If Silence is in that same style and much harder for him it warrants a new grade and so far nobody has been able to repeat it. Also nobody has even climbed remotely as many 9as-9bs as Ondra and he is renowned for down grading soft routes and fighting against grade inflation.

[@drygordspellweaver8761]

@@Landolini That's exactly how grading works and you are in steep denial.

[@KLS1557]

Gut gemacht. Musik balanced and running time appropiate.

[@leoingson]

Good discussion! Werd ich wohl mal die Perrykante machen müssen.

[@Landolini]

Wenn man sich mit dem Klettern in der Sächsischen auskennt kann man da sicher etwas Kletterhistorie nacherleben!

[@hermannwolf7118]

Warum wird Eric Talmadge nicht erwähnt ? (Basler Jura, Tüflete, "Shogun", 9a, 2000 )

[@Landolini]

Es gäbe sicher noch unzählige weitere Kletterer und Routen die man hätte erwähnen können. Aber Thema des Videos waren die ersten Touren im jeweiligen Grad und dafür wurde die Tour zehn Jahre zu spät erstbegangen.

[@hermannwolf7118]

@@Landolini Das stimmt natürlich, habe ich zu wenig beachtet, Lob für Dein Video !