"The grade of any new route will drift like a floating interest rate until some local climber—usually the biggest twat at the crag—deems himself important enough to be the one to publish a guidebook. The Guidebook Author becomes, for all intents and purposes, the self-proclaimed God of Grades and he weilds his absolute power by getting the final say in what grades appear in his book."
I like the system.. seems pretty equitable.
In general, shouldn't grades always be taken with a grain of salt;- there's so much that can't be captured in one grade.
andy_c wrote:I like the system.. seems pretty equitable.
In general, shouldn't grades always be taken with a grain of salt;- there's so much that can't be captured in one grade.