I love the fact that 8c+ and 8b after 9b/+ is 9b+. Shows how piss the 8th grade is when you're cranking this hard. It's hard to believe that someone has got that good. It seems like yesterday that 9a was still big news!
sounds like Ondra has two weeks to finish the "proper" Stoking The Fire Sharma (on 8a) :"Stoking the Fire has so much good climbing on it. [...] (its probably 9a on top of 9b). For now I chose to go to the top via the upper section of Mercenaris del Pasat (just left of Stoking the Fire) which is maybe just 8a+ or so."
There's hardly a shortage of unclimbed, amazing rock in Spain (alone) and I'm pretty sure there will be numerous 9b+ and harder projects for him to go at. But I'd like to see him get to Buoux.
The Brandenburg gate proj looks like the shittest project in the world. And I like the tor.
my prediction is that Chris Sharma will send today… in about 4 hours or less.