Not mine but I climb at TCA Glasgow
I was told some new problems were set by Alan Cassidy (TCA director) and earlier in the year a friend sent me a link to Alan climbing an 8C, Nordic Flower.
According to Wiki, the first 8C in the world was set in 1987.
So 30 years ago the very best in the world were climbing at Alan's standard. During which time the highest went from 8C to 9C (Silence, 2017, Adam Ondra)
Is this phenomena seen in other sports? World class performance becoming...regional performance...I don't know, how many 8C climbers are out there? Is a centre director of Alan's ability rare?
Will the TCA directors in 2050 be climbing 9C and me 8a (I'll be lucky to get up the stairs)