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Wizard Grades and Burning Bridges
May 03, 2013, 09:43:04 pm
So, after watching the video of Dave Graham on The Bridge of Ashes I was pondering. Dave has always been a pretty tough grader, especially with things like The Story of 2 Worlds back in 2005 when he could have easily said 8C+ and no one would have said much. Have any of his first ascents ever been downgraded? He, for me, is by far the most interesting climber to watch.

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You'd be doing pretty well to have done as many firsts ascents as dave and not have any downgraded!

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True, but I can't think of any!  (I'm talking the cutting edge stuff rather than all the FAs)...


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Loads have been. If you want to work it out trawl his 8a card

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Aaarrrggghhh!  Just tried to navigate 8a.death  ohmygod I hate that website. Ok, I take your word for it. Silly pondering anyway. Should really get out climbing.

 

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