27 April 2017
Ghisolfi's 8c+ gets 9a by Reffo and Megos
Stefano Ghisolfi did the FA of Omen Nomen in Arco last week but as he did it in just his third try after finding the right beta, he suggested 8c+ and as so it did not make any headlines in the media.
Now Silvio Reffo and Alex Megos have repeated it suggesting an upgrade to 9a. Reffo projected it for few days and Megos did it in a session.
What are the important criteria when you give FA grades?
I compare the route with other routes I climbed, with the same style, and I compare my shape too. Then I also consider the time I spent on it.
For example, I'm trying a project now, I think it is 9a+, because I've already tried it for eight days. It has a similar style to Jungle Boogie in Cรฉรผse and probably the same difficulty. For the 9a+ that I've done, I have always worked between two to ten days.
(c) Vertical Eye - Matteo Pavana. Time Comparison Grading Theory by 8a
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