16 March 2016

9a has been suggested for three of Ramonet's 8c's

"Ramonet is the toughest FA grader in the world", was the headline of an article from last week. Since then many guys have stepped forward giving credit to 159 cm tall Ramonet and sent us examples confirming the headline. 8a has given examples of a 9a that Adam Ondra thinks is at least 9a+ and two Ramonet's 8c FAs for wich also 9a has been suggested and there is yet one more. In 2006, the double world Champion made the FA of Victimes futur recording it as an 8c in his scorecard. Later two guys have suggested 8c+ for it and in November 2015, Alex Megos reported on Facebook that he had done the route and said it was a 9a. Here is a comment from a guy who wanted to stay anonymous: "Everyone here in Catalonia knows that when Ramon grade a route, you can bet it will be superhard for the grade (like many 8b's people think can be hard 8c, 8c that could be hard 8c+...)." Another example is from the latest R & I where Jonathan Siegrist says he could not do Ramonet's Victimes del passat 8c+ after a couple of days of work at the same time as he did Era Vella 9a in his third try.
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