27.11.06

Overgraded/Undergraded - your views

One thing you always hear at the crag is about grades. It really is about consensus but imagine if we didn't have that debate... So are there climbs here in Golden Bay that you think are just plain wrong. Overgraded/undergraded. If you make a comment I think it is important to look at other climbs in the same grade and consider if it is much harder than and comment accordingly...etc etc . Also as regard what might be the benchmark climbs in a Grade bracket. Eg Temples of Stone is probably the benchmark 18 at Paynes given that, probably Fat Cats (19) on the Tenuite is overgraded. I certainly find it easier to climb than Stone Symposium (18 version). Feel free to comment There are some other comments here on Mojozone.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

wanted to leave my "grade debate" notes/comments in response to your post there, ... so here they are :

Upgrade:

Red Hand of Ulster 20
Trick or treat 21
Spotty Brit 24
Amino Pro 24

Downgrade:

Sausage time 17
Tongue in Groove 19
Rat up a drainpipe 19
Coup de grace 21
Supercharger 22

B.S

Unknown said...

I might be becoming an old man but Ruby Tuesday and Hummingbird are by far the hardest 17's I have ever done! Oh and Ruby Tuesday was really run out for a sandbagged route!

Or just too many pies.........

Anonymous said...

send a gorrilla is either 22 or power line is 24 they aint the same grade.celluloid 22 supercharger 22 i think mark and rich said slap and tickle was 24 not 23 and norms route is prob 25 *.oh isnt a route graded on its hardest move so there for burly but sensative is 22 voice of the bee hive is prob 21 depends on how you do it .craig