The very best climbers are taller, i.e. ~179 cm

"The very best climbers are taller". Several guys in the forum have said this is not true. Let us define the very best by the guys who have done both a 9b and an 8C since 2015 and add to that the Top-3 route climbers and boulderers as well as the Top-3 competition climbers in Lead and Boulder. Here is a list of the best climbers. Their average height is 179 cm. Surely, you could replace one or two guys from the list, which could reduce the average height to 178 cm, but even so - The very best climbers are taller! 185 Ondra 184 Bertle 183 Sharma 180 Bouin 173 Schubert 172 Megos T-5 Route/Boulders on rock 185 Ondra - 183 Webb 172 Megos - 173 Hukkataival 173 Amma - 183 Ceria Top-3 Lead/Boulder WC 185 Ondra - 170 Chon 178 Supper - 187 Hojer 173 Schubert - 185 Ondra Examples of other - shorter - top climbers who lately have been performing almost as good as the listed above. 159 Ramonet 160 Ashima Shiraishi 165 Dai Koyamada 169 Daniel Woods 170 Alban Levier 170 Stefano Ghisolfi PS If we were to shortlist just the Top-5 climbers in the world, I would think most would mention these: Ondra, Sharma, Megos, Webb and Hojer, which gives 182 cm as the average of their heights.