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How to route grade indoor climbing wall? or gradeing system for indoor climbing wall?
Our indoor climbing wall has many routs to climb up but different difficulties.There are some standered grading system which can represent the level of difficulties.I want to get information how to set up grade in the wall?
Answer: Hi. Well it depends on where you live. If you live in the United States. We use a decimal system. The system goes from a 5.5-5.15. The first number (5) never changes in rock climbing. The number goes with the hiking system. The hiking system goes from 1-5, and five means you need a rope. The next number means how easy or hard the route is. 5.5 is super easy. The tricky part comes from 5.10 and up. The system then can go to letters ie: 5.10A, 5.10B, 5.10C, and 5.10D. The 5.10A means it is an easy 5.10, and a 5.10D means it is a hard 5.10. You can use that or you can just say that a route is a 5.10- or a 5.10+. A 5.10- means the route is mostly with a few 5.9 moves and a 5.10+ means the route is mostly 5.10 moves, but may have a few 5.11 moves. The best way to figure out rating is to climb at a gym or outside to figure it out, but rating vary from gym to gym, and from coast to coast. The rating is in the eye of the beholder. This system is used for routes that you need a rope. Bouldering has a totally different numbering system developed by this guy named John Long. It use the letter system V0, and up. V0 is the easiest.
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