Just a small suggestion on improving the report card. Lot of times the webmasters of free sites are busy and don't have much time to implement user's suggestions so I don't expect much. However, here it goes. A report card has routes organized in categories of difficulty, e.g. 5a, 5b...It would be nice if we could see the YDS rating next to the French rating as well sort of like the ratings are now listed when adding new routes to one's database. For example, "7a+, 12a". Ideally, one would configure his/her account to the prefered way of listing things but I know this is asking too much at this point.
While I do see the motives behind this suggsetion I see things the other way around. I will not elabourate over how different systems differ in some details (hardest move gives the grade, length gives the grade, bla bla bla...). Instead I will tell you why I like having just one grading system here - peaople get to know it! In time it will (probably) lead to everybody adopting this system and being able to communicate more freely. We'll stop coversations like this: A: "I did this amazing 7a! It's gorgeous!" B: "What? 7a? How hard is that?" A: "Well... It's VIII." B: "Oh, ok..." C: "Wait, wait! I still do not understand!" A: [shuffles through some papers] "It's 5.11d." C: "Ah, ok!..." So much talking for nothing... Isn't it better for everyone if we're using the same system? Recently the French system is being adopted here in Bulgaria and while it leads to some confusion it is now much easier to communicate with foreign climbers.
Report Card formatting