3 January 2017

The 8C bluff for Misti revealed one more time

Mushroom Pads reports that Iban Larrion has repeated the 8C traverse, Misti in Fontainebleau, and compared it to an 8A+ boulder. Over the years, ascents of Misti have created many headlines in media and the first one to reveal the bluff like in the Emperor's New Clothing was Markus Bock's: he compared it to an 8A boulder. Iban also thinks the Emperor is naked by calling it 8A+. For many years 8a has been saying that traverse grading is illogical as it is impossible to draw a line. Both Misti and Gioia 8C (+) are diagonal boulders but they use different grading scales. It is totally wrong for the media to create headlines for Misti as it is nowhere near as hard as Gioia. Instead it is probably an 8A+ at the most.
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