It is an open ended system, and currently runs from Easy, which is barely climbing, to E11, which has been barely climbed ... It is best used in conjunction with the downloadable grade comparison ...

If you are a beginner climber and you feel like you have to learn another language to get on board, you are not alone. Climbing terminology is on a league of its own, but once you know the basics ...

In decade years, the climbing grades and time spent climbing at each grade were determined ... Details of each member’s rock climbing history were also recorded (table 1). For each climber, the amount ...