Pirmin Bertle and Time/Tries Comparison Grading

Pirmin Bertle has presented an open letter in regards how he grades his FAs as almost all his hardest routes are FAs. In practice, the #2 in the 8a ranking game compares how many tries he needed for the five 9a's and nine 8c+' he has repeated. Further more, Adam Ondra has repeated two of his 9a's and confirmed the grade and suggested 9a+ for Pirmin's 9b as he found a no-hands rest knee-bar. Having two kids he prefers to stay around his neighborhood and actually his first European rope climbing trip since 2011 was done this year to Siurana. He worked on Via de la Capella 9b and was close to send it and says that it just might be 9a+ with the new beta comparing it to the grade standard in Switzerland.