Media needs to take their grades responsibly

In a new Sharma interview, Climbing says that Chris has done the first 9a+ and 9b in the world. To state this as a fact is not just correct and it also discredits climbers like Alex Huber who did 9a+ several years before Sharma. Since 2000, 8a has continuously questioned grades and often published lower grades in comparison to how the media and climbers themselves have reported. In some cases, we have said that grades in some areas are just exaggerated and in every case, later it has resulted in down grading. Even so, it is a fact that the grade inflation has continued. On the other hand, we do think that there is nothing wrong with the fact that climbers often just report that they have done a route without giving it a grade or just use what the topo says. On the other hand, this means that the media needs to take their grades responsibly in order to not mislead the readers.