I used to climb, but didn't really have a handle on the difficulty of this due to the American grades used, so I looked into it a little more. It's utterly mind

I used to climb, but didn't really have a handle on the difficulty of this due to the American grades used, so I looked into it a little more. It's utterly mind-blowing. This article [0] was helpful for anyone more used to UK climbing. This conversion chart is also handy. [1] To put it into perspective, if you went to a busy indoor climbing gym, there'd maybe be one or two guys climbing at that level. And they'd probably be "working" a route, falling off it repeatedly, resting on the rope and learning the moves. The idea of climbing at that technical level, for that length of time, with that level of risk just defies belief. I can't wrap my head around it. [0] http://danmcmanus.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/a-guide-to-freerider.html http://danmcmanus.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/a-guide-to-freeride... [1] https://www.rockfax.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/trad_grade_safe.jpg https://www.rockfax.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/trad_grad...