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Grading Systems 17-Jun-2003 At 5:50:25 AM Robin

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Just for my 2 bobs worth I like the Australian system but I have to confess that I have no experience using either the British or the American grading.

I think that a simple number grade is the easiest to understand and any additional information is better presented in the route description. More information such as the size and type of protection can be written into the description, or perhaps just words such as 'boldly', 'exciting moves', 'committing' etc.

I've climbed Dazed and Confused twice in the last year. The start is bold with marginal gear to protect the first 3 or 4 meters. After that I thought the gear was quite good. I think that the technical difficulty is about the same as Quo Vadis but Dazed and Confused is probably worth 1 extra Ewbank grade for the committing start.

Dazed and Confused (20) also makes an excellent link up with the final pitch of Trojan (21).