Japanese climber Dai Koyamada has made the second ascent of ‘The story of two worlds’, a boulder problem in Cresciano, Switzerland. The boulder was first climbed by Dave Graham in January 2005.

‘The story of two worlds’ is a sitstart to a boulder called ‘The Dagger’ fb 8B+ that was first climbed by Toni Lamprecht in 2003.
After making the first ascent of ‘The story of two worlds’, Graham graded the boulder 8C and called it “the new 8C standard” saying it was much harder than the Swiss problems ‘New Base Line’ and ‘Dreamtime’ which were given 8C then, but are considered to be easier nowadays.
However, for ‘The story of two worlds’ the grade of 8C+ is buzzing around because, even after 5 years,  it is still considered as one of the hardest problems in the world.

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sources: lowdown, climbing.com