25 February 2016

Adam Ondra's incredible superiority

Here is a list that was created in order to try to show how superior Adam Ondra is when it comes to ascents 9a and harder. The index is based on 9a = 1 point, 9a+ = 3 points, 9b = 6 points and 9b+ = 10 points. Picture from the Bouldering World Championship 2014, which Adam won. 226 Adam Ondra 92 Chris Sharma 69 Ramon Julian Puigblanque 66 Alex Megos 43 Dani Andrada Amazingly, when it comes to onsight, the 23-year-old Czech is much more superior. Given the same score for onsight 8b+ to 9a, Adam would reach some 300 points and the runner-up would possibly have 30 points. Add to that that no top climber gives more personal grades.
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