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| | Camp4: Possible V16 at Hourai, Japan |
 | | According to Koyamada, Byaku-dou, or "The Road to Heaven," is the hardest problem he has ever completed, believing the rating to be "at least 8C, V15." French strongman, Fred Rouhling has attempted Byaku-dou and says that it is harder than Dreamtime, 8C, V15, which is considered to be the benchmark for the grade. |
 | | No stranger to hard climbing, 27-year-old Koyamada has made ascents of at least 15 climbs rated 8c+, 5.14c or harder in Europe and Japan, including the fourth ascent of Fred Rouhling's "Hugh," graded 9a, 5.14d in France, and has established several V13 and V14 problems at Hourai. |
 | | Among these was the fourth ascent of Rouhling’s Hugh (5.14d) in France and a new route, Logical Progression (5.14d), at home in Japan. |
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