Climbing at IW:
10a(o), 10d(f++), 10a(f)
This was just absurd. My arms were so pumped from climbing yesterday and, I suppose, the comp on Friday, that my biceps and forearms were in agony whenever I tried to climb. I managed to fall my way up the 10d from the comp, but it was REALLY ugly, and when I started falling off 10a's due to exhaustion, I figured it was time to call it. Even now, 12 hours later, my arms still ache.
Time to rest.
Monday, July 14, 2008 by Daniel
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i've been reading your blog intermittently for a while, so i figured it was time to comment.
rockclimbing sounds fun. i was wondering what 10d and 10a mean?
Rockclimbing IS fun. The most fun I've ever had with a sport. You should try it.
The numbers we talk about are difficulty ratings assigned to a climb. They all start with 5, which just means "vertical" (1 is flat pavement, 2 is a bit bumpy, 3 requires balance but not necessarily hands, 4 means scrambling and large obstacles, 5 is vertical). 5.1 - 5.9 are essentially beginner-level climbs. Once you get above 5.9, they start adding letters to the numbers (basically, when they invented the system they thought 5.10 would be impossible to climb, but that was before the invention of climbing shoes and the maturation of climbing as a true sport). So it goes 5.10a - 5.10d, 5.11a - 5.11d, etc. 5.10a - 5.11d is generally considered intermediate level. 5.12a+ is advanced. The hardest confirmed climbs in the world, as far as I know, are 5.15a.
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