General Climbing Discussion

Topic	Date	User
R and X grades	15-Dec-2008 At 2:16:30 PM	skink
Message
On 15/12/2008 anthonyk wrote: >does that mean people are going to slap R grades on every climb that has >a dodgy section? does missing link get an R because of the poorly protected >traverse bit where you could get injured, or does this only apply to routes >that hard-asses climb because 17 R still isn't hard-ass? > My observation is that R and X grades are a USA thing, I don't think they get used in the Aus and NZ grading system. We seem to describe the level of risk in the route description (or not - sandbag time). Or are there some Oz guidebooks out there that have R and X grades scattered through them?

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