Monday, October 03, 2005
My tattered old original guidebook, Fontainbleau, escalades et randomées, circa 1986 . suggests the following, with additional suggestions by myself..
ED+ - Extremely difficult + [black-white]
Anything between ⓥ13 & ⓥ16
TD - Technically Difficult [red]
Anything between ⓥ10 & ⓥ12
H- Hard [blue]
Anything between ⓥ6 & ⓥ9
M - Moderate [yellow]
Anything between ⓥ2 & ⓥ5
E - Easy [white]
Anything from ⓥ0 & up
ED+ - Extremely difficult + [black-white]
Anything between ⓥ13 & ⓥ16
TD - Technically Difficult [red]
Anything between ⓥ10 & ⓥ12
H- Hard [blue]
Anything between ⓥ6 & ⓥ9
M - Moderate [yellow]
Anything between ⓥ2 & ⓥ5
E - Easy [white]
Anything from ⓥ0 & up
To my mind, ED+, ED, TD, H & E are all bouldering needs. I mean, Hard...errr, well it's hard. Extremely Difficult, its exactly what it says on the tin...& so on. Less numbers, more movement. If you can't climb it, climb something else....If your a mid range bouderer you still get to say you climb hard aye so no ego issues to cry about as well..bingo! A bit of humour anyway..
what's black & white & red all over?
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still I prefer the Font colour scheme of white/yellow/blue/red/black/white...
you notice how the KIDS grade ALSO represents the cutting edge..I love that full-circle morph.
I feel pretty evil when I do anything over black, I guess white would be a full-on brain explosion of enlightenment... hence why it is always out of reach for me...