Spain
- On 2006-12-07, Graham had the third ascent of A Muerte (9a in Siurana, Spain, FA by Rich Simpson on 2006-03-01, second ascent by Edu Marin). This occurred during a trip to Spain, where many elite climbers, including Chris Sharma, Dani Andrada, Yuji Hirayama, Edu Marin and Klemen Bečan were working on routes. This trip was most notable for Marin's and Sharma's repeats of La Rambla Original (FA by Ramón Julián Puigblanque and see Realization).
- On March 8, 2007 Graham repeated Esclatamasters (9a, FA by Ramón Julián Puigblanque on 2006-04-17) in Perles, Spain.
- On May 26, 2007 Graham had the first ascent of Los Borrachos del Mascun (8c+) in Rodellar, Spain.
- On June 27, 2007 Graham repeated Ali-Hulk (de pie) (9a, FA by Dani Andrada) in Rodellar, Spain.
- Following his time in Spain, Graham went back to Céüse, France. Other strong climbers were also present, such as Sharma and Ethan Pringle. Highlights of the trip include the FA of Three degrees of separation by Chris Sharma, Graham repeating Realization (9a+, FA by Chris Sharma) on 2007 July 30, and Ethan Pringle also repeating Realization. Sharma also bolted another hard project to the left of Realization.
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