In this reaction I take a deep dive into Stefano Ghisolfi on Excalibur 9b+/5.15c, and yeah… this route is WILD. For me it’s basically the futuristic “blueprint” route: around 40° overhanging limestone, super small holes, no knee bars, no no-hands, no gimmicks—just compressed difficulty over roughly 12 meters. The start alone is like an 8B/8B+ boulder problem right off the ground, and every clip matters because you’re so low that you can’t play games with skipping draws. While watching the send, I nerd out on the details that decide everything at this level: finger sorting, hitting separated fingers without a regrip, micro-heel hooks on nothing, and how a single “okay-ish” edge can become a real rest for the right athlete. That one rest is honestly the only thing that breaks the flow for me—without it, this could easily drift toward 9C territory. I also talk body type and why “finger strength divided by body weight” is the future bar for the hardest routes, plus why Adam Ondra (big hands, heavier, different strengths) can struggle on this specific new-school micro-hold style. At the end I pull up Stefano’s stats (170 cm, ~58 kg, +4 ape) and connect it back to performance reality: honest, brutal routes like Excalibur are rare in nature, hard to grade, and even harder to find without accidental rests.