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Iker Pou reports on Facebook, with a great picture from Pedro Bover, that he has done the FA of Cleteropa original 9a on Mallorca, which was bolted by "Lito". Last year Iker did a 9a+ and he is equally famous for all his big wall ascents and overall the 39-year-old has been one of the best multi-discipline climbers of the last 20 years.

Competitions, Routes, Boulders, Trad, Big Wall, Ice, Alpine, etc. There are many disciplines and here are the top guys that have performed at the highest level overall. Please suggest names that should be added to the list. Adam Ondra, Lynn Hill, Yuji Hirayama, Jorg Verhoeven, David Lama, Nina Caprez, Iker Pou, Alex Huber, Sasha Digiulian, Catherine Destivelle, Barbara Zangerl, Wolfgang Gullich, Kevin Jorgesson, Tommy Caldwell, Alex Honnold, Dave Mcleod

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Verhoeven, McColl, Hojer, Webb, Landman, Gelmanov, Coxsey, Le Neve, Tracy, Klingler, Crane & Kumin

By building a solid base of your grade pyramid you can aim higher but if you not continue to make it also wider, it might collapse. The simple rule is that you are not fully prepared to put yet another stone on top of your pyramid until it is built by at least factor of 3 in the top. By doing this, you will have smaller risk of injuries and less anxiety. Instead, you will have more fun and reach further in many ways in your climbing life. In fact, the 8a scorecards are designed as a pyramid in order to create this factor 3 motivation. The picture is from Christof Rauch's scorecard who has built a solid base and could aim higher. You can also start with a pyramid thinking every spring and on road trips. By doing so, you will focus more just on climbing moves instead of hunting soft grades.

Ramon Julian has made some 80 FAs 8c and harder but even so he is mainly recognized for being the #1 Lead competition climber in the world of the last 15 years. One reason why his FAs are not so well-known is probably the fact that less than half of them have been repeated. A possible reason for this is that he gives very hard grades as a FA. In fact, for two of his 8c FAs, La Reino Mora and La Bongada, all repeaters have suggested 8c+ or even 9a and there are many other examples of upgrades. It should also be noted that Ramonet's first and most famous FA is La Rambla, which was given 9a+ but that was with an elimination which was skipped later and it is still a 9a+. What about all his FAs that have never been repeated? Maybe some guys will even suggest 9a+ for them in the future? If the 159 cm tall guy had suggested one or two grades higher for his FAs, Ramonet might have gotten much more credit and recognition as one of the very best rock climbers in the world. Possibly, the best way for him to get some more traffic on his unrepeated routes might be to upgrade some :) (c) Javi Pec