Destivelle, win at Sportroccia, first-ever men's and women's International climbing competition, held in Bardonecchia, Italy. 1986 : Johnny Dawes leads Gaia at Black Rocks, End of the Affair at Curbar, and The Quarryman at Dinorwic, hardest traditional climbs at E8/9 6c/7a (in film Hard Grit). 1986 : redpointed Comeback, at Valle San Nicolo, Italy, first-ever female . 1986 : October 4, Johnny Dawes leads the Indian Face, at Clogwyn Du'r Arddu, Wales, the hardest-ever traditional climbing route at E9 6c (5.13a X). 1986 : Wolfgang Güllich free soloed Weed Killer, at Raven Tor, Peak District, first-ever free solo at ; does iconic free solo of Separate Reality . 1986 : Jean-Baptiste Tribout redpointed To Bolt or Not to Be, at Smith Rock, Oregon, first-ever US ; bolted by Alan Watts, firmly establishes sport climbing in the US. 1986 : redpointed La Rage de Vivre, at Buoux, France, the first-ever . 1987 : Jean-Christophe Lafaille free soloed Rêve de gosse, at La Roche-des-Arnauds, France, first-ever free solo at . 1987 : Wolfgang Güllich redpointed , in the Frankenjura, Germany, Sax XI-, first-ever . 1987 : Peter Croft free soloed, after rehearsal, Astroman, in Yosemite; big wall free solo at (12-pitches). 1988 : redpointed Via Acacia, 5th Kirlichspitze, Rätikon, Switzerland, first-ever big wall bolted climb at (9-pitches). 1988 : Wolfgang Güllich invents the campus board to develop new training techniques called plyometrics, which would become standard for future extreme climbers. 1988 : Catherine Destivelle redpointed Chouca, at Buoux, France, first-ever female . 1988 : Isabelle Patissier redpointed Sortileges at Cimai crag, France, first-ever female . 1988 : Todd Skinner and Paul Piana, free the Salathe Wall, El Capitan, Yosemite; one of the first-ever big wall climbs at (35-pitches); the birth of "free climbing" Yosemite big walls. 1988 : June 11–12, Patrick Edlinger and Catherine Destivelle, win at Snowbird, Utah, first-ever men's and women's International climbing competition to be held in the US. 1989 : redpointed New Age, 7th Kirlichspitze, Rätikon, Switzerland, first-ever big wall bolted climb at (5-pitches). 1989 : (during the year), Simon Nadin and Nanette Raybaud, win the first annual UIAA Climbing World Cup, held over several legs during the year. 1990s 1990 : May, Jerry Moffatt redpointed Liquid Ambar, at Pen Trwyn in Wales, first-ever ; later considered the first-ever 8c+. 1990 : June 14, Ben Moon redpointed Hubble, at Raven Tor in the Peak District, England, first-ever ;