25 March 2011

Do not trust 8a news because they are personal

Debate/Jens: Erik Grandelius repeated a confirmed 8B+ in Sweden giving it a personal grade of 8A+, which is actually his first 8A+. "It would be nice to believe that I could do an 8B+ in three hours but that is just totally absurd." By checking old published boulder news it is getting clearer by the day that you should not trust them as they are personal. Personally, this has been very frustrating for many years now and sometimes I have mentioned the fairy tale - The Emperor's new clothes and the Time Comparison Grading. This was dead wrong and the new concept is to just repeat, - Grades are personal and sometimes I give a hint to 8a members with the opposite opinion, "These days it's all about fluffing so you get paid. :P ha ha All the others do it!"
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