One of my first times going bouldering outside, I thought I was hot stuff. I was finally doing V7s and V8s in my gym, so I was gonna crush on real rock, right? My lesson: outdoor bouldering grades may ...

Climbing grades differ by region or even by crag within the same area. Some routes or boulders may be graded by the hardest ...

“How hard is it?” asked a University of Colorado Boulder student one day last week as I dangled from a static line in the Flatirons. “What’s the grade?” asked a friend a few days later as I placed the ...

“It’s so obvious to me that the old routes are the hardest,” said pro climber Jonathan Siegrist, of Boulder, when I interviewed him for a recent Rock and Ice magazine article. Whether easy or extreme, ...

Adam Ondra is right: one of the most debated aspects in climbing are the grades of the routes. The Czech is one of the most experienced climbers in the world and who better than him therefore to ...

5.13d lives in the back of his 2001 Honda Civic in Lander, WY's City Park, and works as a line cook at the Gannet Grill. Although small in stature, his ego barely fits in his Civic or the kitchen.

V-grade, French or Font? Have indoor grades got you scratching your head? Here's an overview of what to expect at the wall... Grades can feel pretty mystifying if you're new climbing. If you've ...

Here's how winter climbing grades work. Just when you thought you had grades mastered, here’s another system. Here's how winter climbing grades work. Winter routes are graded for difficulty and ...

Motivated by debates on facebook, the Italian climber and photographer Riky Felderer shares his point of view about an issue that knows no end: climbing grades. I followed with interest a ...

One of my first times going bouldering outside, I thought I was hot stuff. I was finally doing V7s and V8s in my gym, so I was gonna crush on real rock, right? I spent 45 minutes (and all of my energy ...