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What is the hardest grade boulder problem you have climbed (on rock) in 2014?

5
0 (0%)
6A
2 (0.9%)
6A+
1 (0.4%)
6B
3 (1.3%)
6B+
1 (0.4%)
6C
8 (3.6%)
6C+
7 (3.1%)
7A
25 (11.2%)
7A+
23 (10.3%)
7B
32 (14.3%)
7B+
26 (11.7%)
7C
30 (13.5%)
7C+
25 (11.2%)
8A
27 (12.1%)
8A+
7 (3.1%)
8B
1 (0.4%)
8B+
3 (1.3%)
8C
2 (0.9%)

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Survey: How hard have you bouldered in 2014? (Read 28314 times)

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Survey: How hard have you bouldered in 2014?
January 25, 2015, 06:07:56 pm
Hello,
A semi repeat of a survey I ran 18-24 months ago..
Its quite simple - as the question says - what is the hardest grade (Font grades please) problem you have climbed in 2014 - on rock... Sorry for those who got some big ticks after new year - that'll have to wait until next year!
Conversion chart below for those who may need it...
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#1 Re: Survey: How hard have you bouldered in 2014?
January 25, 2015, 06:26:16 pm
7A.  I've been outside three time   :(
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#2 Re: Survey: How hard have you bouldered in 2014?
January 25, 2015, 06:26:27 pm
Can count on one hand the times I bouldered outside last year :-(

7B
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#3 Re: Survey: How hard have you bouldered in 2014?
January 25, 2015, 06:27:34 pm
Ha! You replied as I was typing, and basically wrote the same thing...
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#4 Re: Survey: How hard have you bouldered in 2014?
January 25, 2015, 06:28:18 pm
Yeah, but I'm fatter than you.
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#5 Re: Survey: How hard have you bouldered in 2014?
January 25, 2015, 06:47:08 pm
I'm not sure. The hardest thing I did was 'my' problem at Pex Hill. This is an eliminate on Pisa Wall just to the right of the tree, basically left hand small diagonal crimp, right hand slopey dish, pull on and right hand up to very small crimp, left hand break.

Somewhere in the 7's but no idea how far north of 7.

Best flash 6a in Northumberland.
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#6 Re: Survey: How hard have you bouldered in 2014?
January 25, 2015, 06:53:34 pm
The hardest bouldering I did was on routes, probably 7C+/8A ish ballpark?? Does that count? Otherwise 7B+
I think the only bouldering I've done this year was a damp easter week in font?
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#7 Re: Survey: How hard have you bouldered in 2014?
January 25, 2015, 07:15:05 pm
Nope. Boulderization problemones only Nik..

There is a minor difference from last year - as in this is rock only (last year was a bit more ambiguous).

Duma - did you vote? There was only 1 7B when you posted and that was me!!
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#8 Re: Survey: How hard have you bouldered in 2014?
January 25, 2015, 07:36:50 pm
Sorry no, on phone and tapatalk doesn't show me polls
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#9 Re: Survey: How hard have you bouldered in 2014?
January 25, 2015, 08:12:06 pm
What does West Side get ?


 :worms:
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#10 Re: Survey: How hard have you bouldered in 2014?
January 25, 2015, 08:31:02 pm
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#11 Re: Survey: How hard have you bouldered in 2014?
January 25, 2015, 08:34:45 pm
Quote from: tomtom on January 25, 2015, 07:15:05 pm
Nope. Boulderization problemones only Nik..

There is a minor difference from last year - as in this is rock only (last year was a bit more ambiguous).

Duma - did you vote? There was only 1 7B when you posted and that was me!!

have now
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#12 Re: Survey: How hard have you bouldered in 2014?
January 25, 2015, 08:58:19 pm
Quote from: dave on January 25, 2015, 08:31:02 pm
Quote from: shark on January 25, 2015, 08:12:06 pm
What does West Side get ?

Seiged.

:D 7B+... I'm waiting until it gets upgraded in the next guide iteration ;)
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#13 Re: Survey: How hard have you bouldered in 2014?
January 25, 2015, 09:07:14 pm
Been outside 3 times this year!
Living in London my excuse
All climbing done on the warmest summer days

Why no English grades?
Peak - about eng 5a/b v0/1- it was sweltering
The day after Brownstones - did 6a (v?)eng problem I couldn't do from my youth. (20 years later in the bag!) same heatwave conditions.
Lakes - kentmere 5b eng - scared the shit out of me and took a few sessions to work out the move!

I know indoor grades are all over but indoor climbing progress well recently. Done a few v4 and v5.

Why don't you open the survey out to include indoors as well?

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#14 Re: Survey: How hard have you bouldered in 2014?
January 25, 2015, 09:28:32 pm
There's usually a meaningful consensus with outdoor problems.

Personally I wouldn't set much store by indoor problems as grading can be wildly out and they don't remain up for very long.
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#15 Re: Survey: How hard have you bouldered in 2014?
January 25, 2015, 09:47:11 pm
Quote from: shark on January 25, 2015, 08:12:06 pm
What does West Side get ?


 :worms:

Stepladdered.
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#16 Re: Survey: How hard have you bouldered in 2014?
January 25, 2015, 09:52:09 pm
E4 7a.

Font 6C for me - Mini Power at  Shaftoe. The only other significant boulder problem I did was Physical Graffiti F6B/+ at Dumby. I did a lot of trad instead.

I've already beaten that this month alone.
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#17 Re: Survey: How hard have you bouldered in 2014?
January 25, 2015, 09:57:25 pm
Quote from: mrjonathanr on January 25, 2015, 09:28:32 pm
There's usually a meaningful consensus with outdoor problems.

Personally I wouldn't set much store by indoor problems as grading can be wildly out and they don't remain up for very long.

True, I agree with everything you say.
But a tad elitist to not allow for both?
Especially if anything decent is a 2-3hour drive away?
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#18 Re: Survey: How hard have you bouldered in 2014?
January 25, 2015, 09:58:21 pm
6A+ in Font itself was the hardest I guess. Quite a few 6A and V3s too.
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#19 Re: Survey: How hard have you bouldered in 2014?
January 25, 2015, 10:03:11 pm
Quote from: jfdm on January 25, 2015, 09:57:25 pm



But a tad elitist to not allow for both?
Especially if anything decent is a 2-3hour drive away?

We just had a new set at the wall. Flashed some V3s, not far off a V4 or two but only just ticked a V0 that's crazily undergraded - outdoors the grades can settle to what they actually are but who cares about getting this V0 regraded? It'll be gone in another 4 weeks...

I live a 100 miles from any boulders, it's like dry county round here but I wouldn't view it as elitist, it just makes sense to go off problems that'll be around for years and years.
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#20 Re: Survey: How hard have you bouldered in 2014?
January 25, 2015, 10:09:10 pm
Quote from: jfdm on January 25, 2015, 09:57:25 pm
But a tad elitist to not allow for both?

It's not elitist, it's just sensible.
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#21 Re: Survey: How hard have you bouldered in 2014?
January 25, 2015, 10:11:36 pm
Quote from: jfdm on January 25, 2015, 09:07:14 pm

Why don't you open the survey out to include indoors as well?

Start another poll.  Then you have a second data set and both are clearly defined on the criteria which differ slightly.  They can always be combined afterwards.
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#22 Re: Survey: How hard have you bouldered in 2014?
January 25, 2015, 10:15:45 pm
Quote from: abarro81 on January 25, 2015, 10:09:10 pm
Quote from: jfdm on January 25, 2015, 09:57:25 pm
But a tad elitist to not allow for both?

It's not elitist, it's just sensible.

Ok fair enough? If I had rock on the door step, could join in.
Will skip the survey.
Happy climbing everyone!
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#23 Re: Survey: How hard have you bouldered in 2014?
January 25, 2015, 10:18:14 pm
Quote from: slackline on January 25, 2015, 10:11:36 pm
Quote from: jfdm on January 25, 2015, 09:07:14 pm

Why don't you open the survey out to include indoors as well?

Start another poll.  Then you have a second data set and both are clearly defined on the criteria which differ slightly.  They can always be combined afterwards.

I wouldn't know how to set one up?  :-\
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#24 Re: Survey: How hard have you bouldered in 2014?
January 25, 2015, 10:25:58 pm
Slackline is your man for that, ask him.

I see no reason not to have two polls tbh, so long as rock and wood/plastic are separate.
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