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The Rostrum

The Rostrum is a prominent granite formation in Yosemite National Park, California, and the name commonly refers to its...

Granite Yosemite Trad Crack

9.72 Brilliant

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Lotus Flower Tower

The southeast-face route on Lotus Flower Tower lies in the Cirque of the Unclimbables in Canada's Northwest Territories....

Classic Granite Big Wall Alpine

9.61 Brilliant

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Cassin Route

On the northeast face of Piz Badile in the Alps' Bregaglia range, the Cassin Route follows a historic line through an ex...

Classic Granite Alpine North Face

9.57 Brilliant

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South Howser Minaret Beckey-Chouinard

First climbed by Fred Beckey and Yvon Chouinard in 1961, the Beckey-Chouinard route follows roughly 750 metres of granit...

Classic Granite Big Wall Alpine

9.57 Brilliant

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The Bachar-Yerian

The Bachar-Yerian is a multipitch traditional face climb on Medlicott Dome in Tuolumne Meadows, California. John Bachar...

Granite Trad Tuolumne Multipitch

9.55 Brilliant

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Heckmair Route

The Heckmair Route follows the line of the first successful ascent of the Eiger's north face in Switzerland's Bernese Al...

Historic Alpine Mixed North Face

9.54 Brilliant

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Dream of White Horses

Dream of White Horses is a traditional sea-cliff route on Wen Zawn at Gogarth, on the island of Anglesey in Wales. It is...

Classic Trad Quartzite Gogarth

9.52 Brilliant

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The Grand Wall

The Grand Wall follows a long granite line on the Stawamus Chief near Squamish, British Columbia. Ed Cooper and Jim Bald...

Classic Granite Trad Squamish

9.52 Brilliant

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Rainbow Wall Original Route

The Original Route on Rainbow Wall is a long traditional climb on Rainbow Mountain in Nevada's Red Rock Canyon National...

Red Rock Trad Sandstone Hard

9.48 Excellent

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The Phoenix

Near Cascade Falls in Yosemite Valley, California, The Phoenix follows a short but demanding granite crack. Ray Jardine...

Classic Granite Trad Crack

9.48 Excellent

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The Slovak Direct

The Slovak Direct is a demanding alpine route on the south face of Denali in Alaska. A three-person Slovak team made the...

Historic Alpine Mixed Extreme

9.48 Excellent

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Outer Space

Outer Space is a multipitch traditional route on Snow Creek Wall near Leavenworth, Washington. Commonly graded 5.9, it i...

Classic Trad Sandstone Eldorado Canyon

9.46 Excellent

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Cenotaph Corner

Cenotaph Corner is a traditional rock climb in the Llanberis Pass area of Snowdonia, Wales, on the cliff called Dinas Cr...

Classic Trad Rhyolite Dinas Cromlech

9.46 Excellent

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Comici-Dimai Route

The Comici-Dimai Route is a historic multipitch climb on the north face of Cima Grande di Lavaredo in the Italian Dolomi...

Historic Limestone Trad Multipitch

9.45 Excellent

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Polar Circus

Polar Circus is a long ice and mixed climbing route on Mount Andromeda in Alberta's Canadian Rockies, beside the Icefiel...

Classic Winter Ice Canadian Rockies

9.42 Excellent

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Levitation 29

Levitation 29 is a long traditional rock climb on the Eagle Wall of Juniper Canyon in Nevada's Red Rock Canyon National...

Red Rock Trad Sandstone Hard

9.38 Excellent

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Regular Route on Fairview Dome

The Regular Route on Fairview Dome is a multipitch granite climb in Tuolumne Meadows, within Yosemite National Park. Roy...

Classic Granite Trad Tuolumne

9.37 Excellent

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Black Dike

The Black Dike is a classic winter climbing route on Cannon Cliff in New Hampshire's Franconia Notch. It follows a promi...

Classic Mixed Winter Ice

9.36 Excellent

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Brandler-Hasse Route

The Brandler-Hasse Route is a historic alpine rock climb on the north face of Cima Grande di Lavaredo in the Italian Dol...

Classic Limestone Trad Multipitch

9.34 Excellent

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The Scenic Cruise

The Scenic Cruise is a long free climbing route in Colorado's Black Canyon of the Gunnison. It follows roughly 1,700 fee...

Classic Big Wall Trad Gneiss

9.32 Excellent