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  1. #1
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    When did this happen? V to YDS

    I’ve always been told (and google confirms)
    Vb=5.8 and below
    V0=5.9
    V1=5.10+
    V2=5.11
    Or something very similar

    The last two guidebooks I bought (mammoth and Tahoe west, both from same publisher) use this
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    It doesn’t really matter I was just surprised to read differently in print


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    the buttermilks are super soft and they wanted to even it out? weird
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  3. #3
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    Are you saying that a 5.11 is a sustained v2 the whole way up? Or they are equally comparable in difficulty to complete?

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    That chart seems way off to me. I thought 7a was 5.11d and my international climbing experience agrees. No way it's 12b/c.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zartagen View Post
    That chart seems way off to me. I thought 7a was 5.11d and my international climbing experience agrees. No way it's 12b/c.
    Font is not normal French. It's a bouldering guide.
    A 7A boulder Crux is usually in a 7c (5.12c?) sport( if It's short).
    It's a war of the mind and we're armed to the teeth.

  6. #6
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    Font grade system is specific for bouldering... different from the french sport grades. 7a french = 11d & 8a font = v11

  7. #7
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    The Buttermilks used YDS in the 80-90s when I climbed there. Boulder problems, IME, have always had 'stiff' ratings. 11s were 12s and what they would call a 12 or B2 were 13s. I always figured the ratings were fine b/c they were problems and not routes, at least most anyway...the Peabodys were solos and maybe a few others in the Adam's Family zones. Ratings have a hella geographic disparity so I always took them with a grain of salt until I got used to the area.

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