Route difficulty relies on multiple factors such as climbing environment, rock hold types and the movements of the climber. The researchers looked at how these factors play a role in the ...

Route Classifications. Class 1. Walking on a flat, established trail. Class 2. Hiking a steep incline with the occasional use of hands. Class 3. Climbing a steep hillside with moderate exposure.

As the sport of rock climbing continues to gain popularity and international recognition since making its debut in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the demand for a consistent method of determining route ...

A recent UNH Today article on this research noted, “Grading rock climbing routes — assigning a numerical degree of difficulty — is notoriously subjective, relying on personal judgment that ...

Ratings: Numerical and sometimes alphabetical values given to a route to describe its difficulty.. Route: the path up a specific climb. One of the basics of climbing is knowing the rating of the ...

Climbing terminology is on a league of its own, but once you know the basics, its mostly just practice. If you are a beginner climber and you feel like you have to learn another language to get on ...