Where as I agree it's probably a little too easy now, climb as a standard game should not be only possible for the few players who can do long jumps. There were days I could easily make the gap, and days where for the life of me I couldn't.
To add to that, I think the jump being as hard as it was contributed to climb hardly being played on OASIS and since the changes it's becoming more popular. Climb has always been about completing it before the time runs out or the specified amount of Ts finish so even though it is easier, it's still a challenge to survive it.