In reply to Alasdair Fulton:
> Dreamtime is(by general concensus) standard font 8c.....the testpiece at the grade. (forgetting Malcs opinion for the moment) So how come so many people can climb it? Is there really 9 or 10 climbers who can all really climb the hardest boulder problem in the world, or is malc right, is it only 8b+?
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> Why does it see so many repeats?
The worlds top climbers throw themselves (test themselves) at it because it was the worlds first boulder problem given Font 8c (there are several more now including some proposed 8C+'s), it was first climbed by one of the worlds top and most experienced boulderers, Fred Nicole, and by all accounts it is beautiful.
So that is the attraction. It was first climbed in 2000, three years ago, has had lots of attempts and as you say more than handfull of repeats by the worlds elite climbers who are on par with Nicoles ability.....Graham, Sharma, Zangler, Smith, Dunning et al.