Rock Climbing Rating Systems
Monday, July 28th, 2008Since I realized few people understand what a V2 or a V0+ bouldering or a 5.10 Top Roping really means I figured I should add some information to fill in blanks.
Wiki Article on Rock Climbing It has some interesting articles attached to it.
Wiki Article on Climbing Ratings Systems
| Rock Climbing Rating Systems | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YDS (USA) |
British (UK) Tech/Adj |
French | Vermin (Bouldering) |
UIAA (Central Europe) |
Ewbank (Australian & NZ) | Eastern Germany (Central Europe) |
Finnish | Norwegian | Brazilian | South African | |
| 5.2 | 1 | I | I | Isup | 8 | ||||||
| 5.3 | 2 | II | 11 | II | II | 10 | |||||
| 5.4 | 3 | III | 12 | III | 3 | IIsup | 11 | ||||
| 5.5 | 4a | VD | 4 | IV | 12 | IV | 4 | III | 12 | ||
| 5.6 | S | 5a | V? | 13 | V | 5? | 5? | IIIsup | 13 | ||
| 5.7 | 4b | HS | 5b | V | 14 | VI | 5 | 5 | IV | 14 | |
| 4c | V+ | 15 | 15 | ||||||||
| 5.8 | VS | 5c | VI? | 16 | VIIa | 5+ | 5+ | IVsup | 16 | ||
| 5.9 | 5a | HVS | 6a | VI | 17 | VIIb | 6? | V | 17 | ||
| 5.10a | E1 | 6a+ | V0 | VI+ | 18 | VIIc | 6? | 6?/6 | VI | 18 | |
| 5.10b | 5b | 19 | VI/VI+ | 19 | |||||||
| 5.10c | E2 | 6b | V1 | VII? | 20 | VIIIa | 6 | 6 | VIsup/VI+ | 20 | |
| 5.10d | 5c | 6b+ | VII | 21 | VIIIb | 6+ | VIsup | 21 | |||
| 5.11a | E3 | 6c | V2 | VII+ | 22 | VIIIc | 6+ | 7? | 7a | 22 | |
| 5.11b | 6c+ | 23 | 7 | 7b | 23 | ||||||
| 5.11c | 6a | E4 | 7a | V3 | VIII? | 24 | IXa | 7? | 7+ | 7c | 24 |
| 5.11d | 7a+ | VIII | IXb | 7+/8- | 8a | 25 | |||||
| 5.12a | E5 | 7b | V4 | VIII+ | 25 | IXc | 7+ | 8? | 8b | 26 | |
| 5.12b | 6b | 7b+ | 26 | 8? | 8 | 8c | |||||
| 5.12c | E6 | 7c | V5 | IX? | 27 | Xa | 8 | 8/8+ | 9a | 27 | |
| 5.12d | 6c | 7c+ | V6 | IX | 28 | Xb | 8+ | 8+ | 9b | 28 | |
| 5.13a | E7 | V7 | IX+ | 29 | Xc | 9? | 9? | 9c | 29 | ||
| 5.13b | 8a | V8 | 9 | 30 | |||||||
| 5.13c | 7a | 8a+ | V9 | X? | 30 | 9+ | 9?/9 | 10a | 31 | ||
| 5.13d | E8 | 8b | V10 | X | 31 | 10? | 9 | 10b | 32 | ||
| 5.14a | 8b+ | V11 | X+ | 32 | 10 | 9/9+ | 10c | 33 | |||
| 5.14b | 7b | 8c | V12 | 33 | 10+ | 9+ | 11a | 34 | |||
| 5.14c | E9 | 8c+ | V13 | XI? | 34 | 11? | 10? | 11b | 35 | ||
| 5.14d | 7c | 9a | V14 | XI | 35 | 11 | 10 | 11c | 36 | ||
| 5.15a | 9a+ | V15 | 12a | 37 | |||||||