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Originally Posted by Crowbob View Post
What do these numbers mean? ^^^
"Typically, climbing grades fall into a rudimentary scale of difficulty. A 5.0 to 5.7 is considered easy, 5.8 to 5.10 is considered intermediate, 5.11 to 5.12 is hard, and 5.13 to 5.15 is reserved for a very elite few."

The Dawn Wall is considered to be the most difficult climb and why no one had done it before and only Caldwell, Jorgeson and Adam Ondra (another mythical beast) have done it since.
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