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Solo Aiding a beginners intro 13-Jul-2008 At 1:17:40 PM sliamese

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the ewbank M aid grading should go out the window!! its fairly universal now that is somethings M6 it means you've got crampons and tools on and are climbing icey rocks! i know its a tradition thing to keep it in use but i think we should try to fall in-line with most of the rest of the planet.

aid grades are as open/closed ended as free climbing i think. there are hypotheticals for each that i could argue either way but i think they're pretty much open. say A5 exists and is done on soething like Thaly Sagar after 20 days its realisticly harder than something like reticent wall. it may be the same difficulty technically but the location makes it a harder route to do! i do tink aid grades should be revised often, routes do get easier!

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