Wallstreet vs agincourt

And Nicole climbed Anaïs et cannabis in 1988... And Ben, I know Oz is in a different time zone and all that, but are you really 51? ;)

sure am 51 and the 52 is coming round the bendpretty soon. why then would agincourt be reported as the first 8c you reckon? cheerio.

Ignorance...

Because back in those days they belevied that he indeed was the first to do 8c. A lot of good climbers were in buoux / south of france those days and nobody could climb that line, except Ben Moon. Later, people also considered other ascents, that at the time were not well known (maybe ignored?) and now generally Wall street is considered the first 8c. But the fact that ben moon was the best climber at that moment in south of france still holds true.

hard!