Reference table

Every 9a+, V15 and E10 climb with a free film

This table lists every route and boulder in the library at or above a fixed bar: 9a+ (5.15a) for sport routes, big walls and deep water solos, 8C (V15) for boulder problems, and for trad either E10 or 5.14a (8b+). The trad bar is lower on purpose, because gear-protected climbs at that grade are rarer than bolted ones. Grades are the ones on the route records, shown in both French and YDS, or Font and V for boulders. The rows are generated from the route and film index at request time, so when a film is added or a grade changes on a route page, this table changes with it. Nothing here is maintained by hand. Each row links to the route page, which has the history and its sources, and to every film in the library that shows the climb. Every film is embedded from the channel that made it and is free to watch.

23 of the 95 routes in the library are 9a+, V15 or E10 or harder; 23 of them have a film that is free to watch.

Sport routes, big walls and deep water solos9

RouteGradeStyleLocationFirst ascentYearFilms
Silence9c (5.15d)Sport routeFlatanger, NorwayAdam Ondra20171: Silence (2021)
La Dura Dura9b+ (5.15c)Sport routeOliana, SpainAdam Ondra20131: La Dura Complete: The Hardest Rock Climb in the World (2013)
Bibliographie9b+ (5.15c)Sport routeCéüse, FranceAlex Megos20201: Rotpunkt: Bibliographie (2021)
Excalibur9b+ (5.15c)Sport routeArco, ItalyStefano Ghisolfi20231: EXCALIBUR | The North Face (2024)
Abaporu9b (5.15b)Sport routeSerra do Cipó, BrazilFelipe Camargo20251: Abaporu (2025)
Biographie9a+ (5.15a)Sport routeCéüse, FranceChris Sharma20012: Rotpunkt: Bibliographie (2021), Margo Hayes Makes History (2019)
Es Pontàs9a+ (5.15a)Deep water soloMallorca, SpainChris Sharma20061: Es Pontàs: The First Ascent (2007)
Supercrackinette9a+ (5.15a)Sport routeSaint-Léger-du-Ventoux, FranceAlex Megos20161: World's Hardest Flash - Adam Ondra Climbs 5.15 (9a+) First Try (2018)
Black Pearl9a+ (5.15a)Deep water soloMallorca, SpainChris Sharma20231: Black Pearl (2023)

Boulder problems9

RouteGradeStyleLocationFirst ascentYearFilms
Burden of Dreams9A (V17)Boulder problemLappnor, FinlandNalle Hukkataival20161: The Lappnor Project (2017)
Alphane9A (V17)Boulder problemChironico, SwitzerlandShawn Raboutou20222: The North Face presents: ALPHANE (2022), Alphane (2022)
Box Therapy8C+ (V16)Boulder problemRocky Mountain National Park, United StatesDaniel Woods20181: In Sequence: Katie Lamb and the Craft of Hard Bouldering (2024)
Dreamtime8C (V15)Boulder problemCresciano, SwitzerlandFred Nicole20001: The North Face presents: ALPHANE (2022)
Emotional Landscapes8C (V15)Boulder problemSwitzerlandKlem Loskot20021: 3x 8C Flash in 2 Weeks (2026)
Mystic River8C (V15)Boulder problemSwitzerlandGiuliano Cameroni20211: The North Face presents: ALPHANE (2022)
Freakshow8C (V15)Boulder problemUnited StatesDrew Ruana20221: The North Face presents: ADRENALINE - ft. Daniel Woods & Nina Williams (2024)
Celestite8C (V15)Boulder problemSwitzerlandDave Graham20231: 3x 8C Flash in 2 Weeks (2026)
Lions' Share8C (V15)Boulder problemBrione, SwitzerlandAidan Roberts20231: 3x 8C Flash in 2 Weeks (2026)

Trad routes5

RouteGradeStyleLocationFirst ascentYearFilms
RhapsodyE11 7aTrad routeDumbarton Rock, United KingdomDave MacLeod20061: E11 (2006)
LexiconE11 7aTrad routeLake District, United KingdomNeil Gresham20211: Hardest Trad Flash Ever | Adam Ondra | Lexicon E11 (2025)
Drifter's Escape9a+ (5.15a)Trad routeSquamish, CanadaConnor Herson20251: Born From the Climbing Life: Episode 4 — Drifter's Escape, The World's Hardest Trad Climb (2025)
Century Crack8c (5.14b)Trad routeCanyonlands, United StatesPete Whittaker & Tom Randall20111: Wide Boyz (2012)
China Doll8b+ (5.14a) RTrad routeUpper Dream Canyon, United States1: FIRST FEMALE ASCENT of 'China Doll' (5.14a R) | ft. Heather Weidner (2017)

How to cite this table: Climbing Movies, "Every 9a+, V15 and E10 climb with a free film", https://climbingmovies.com/hardest-climbs-on-film, updated 2026-09-10. The date is the newest route record in the table.

Sources for each grade and first ascent are on the route pages. See also the grade milestones on film and every route in the library.