Megos agrees Bibliographie is 9b+

Alex Megos has commented Stefano Ghisolfi's 9b+ suggestion of Bibliographie on Insta. (c) Ken Etzel

"At the beginning I thought the number of days you invest in a climb is the best indicator of how hard it must be. Therefore I thought trying Bibliographie for 60 days must be harder than anything I've climbed before."

One reason why this (Time Comparison Grading) did not work out is that he says he spent most of the time figuring out new beta. Furthermore, in the end, it turned out that Ghisolfi found better beta on both the cruxes and now Megos agrees with the new 9b+ proposal.

"I realized at some point I was so convinced that I had the right beta, that I stopped trying other things."

Personally, I do like the honest opinions of both Stefano and Alex on this delicate matter which they have handled as great role models. I have been reporting ascents for 20+ years and there are just so many times you know that it is not the correct grade that is presented in the headline. Let us hope this can inspire more high profile climbers to be more honest with the reported grades.