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Australian Grading 28-Aug-2009 At 11:09:06 AM mikepatt

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On 27/08/2009 MelH wrote:
>On 26/08/2009 rod wrote:
>>On 26/08/2009 mikepatt wrote:
>>>What grade are you climbing at the moment?
>>
>>Troll warning Mel...answer that and the pub conversations after a day
>>of climbing are going to be hell.
>>
>>:)
>
>Haha- fair point.
>
>I wouldn't like to say anyway cos I reckon there are too many reasons
>why I might climb a completely different grade than I think once I come
>over there. For instance the Rockfax grading conversion chart and the one
>that you get when you click a link on this website are slightly different,
>I don't know anything about how sandbagged routes are in Australia in comparison
>to Scotland etc.
>
>But - I don't climb hard enough at trad (I have never fallen on my gear)
>but I climb a decent enough grade for a weekend climber in Scotland. I
>do however push myself quite hard on sports, fall a lot and have attempted
>to onsite everything that I have thereafter redpointed. Oh, and I am totally
>sh1t at bouldering.
>
>Is that suitably vague? :-D

I didn't mean to try and trick you Mel. I've had limited experience of climbing in the UK, but am aware that there's quite a lot of grade discrepancies there even with the adjectival/technical garding systems.

I thought Agag's Groove on the Buckle was a bit stiff for VD (grade 8??) but I've also soloed some short S & VS 4a climbs which were a piece of piss in comparison. I've started on the 'Classic Rock' tick list in the UK but I'm not getting a lot of ticks done due to living in Australia.

Although I've led HVS 5a (on Skye) I certainly wouldn't try all the HVS on offer in the UK. I'm really happy about Severe grade, which would wquate in Australia between 12-14.

Cheers,

Mike.