UKC

World Cup leader Sachi Amma has repeated Chris Sharma's Biographie, 9a+, at Céüse, France.
Sachi's ascent was the 11th over all and 4th this season, after Siegrist, Megos and Ondra. It was also his 4th of the grade after Papichulo, Pachamama and La Rambla.
If he were to spend more time on rock,...

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In reply to UKC News:

When did La Rambla become 9a+?

In reply to Toerag:

It says here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Rambla_(climb)

In reply to Toerag:

And why is it always Biographie and not Realization these days?

In reply to simes303:

Sharma has been convinced that the local ethic in play at the time was that the bolter got to name the route (Biographie) and he (Sharma) was wrong to try and rename it Realization.

In reply to UKC News:

That picture is of the Berlin Wall, not Biographie. You can see the Biographie wall in profile in the background.

In reply to JLS:

More accurately: Sharma named it Realization because Arnaud Petit called the version with the intermediate anchor Biographie (which he shouldn't have done), and Sharma didn't want to cause confusion. Now that the intermediate anchor has been removed, the consensus seems to be to call the route Biographie.

JC Lafaille didn't seem to mind the dual names (at the time, the intermediate anchor was still there), calling the Realization a "brilliant solution to Biographie" (Alpinist 14).

In reply to Epsilon:

I stand corrected. Cheers.