Focus on the base of your grade pyramid

Some climbers just like to climb hard and to make progress. At the same time, almost all the very best climbers truly enjoy climbing no matter of the grade, meaning they have a very wide and solid base of their grade pyramid. Getting out of a lockdown is a perfect period to just climb more easy routes than normal. If you still want to set goals, try to do as many routes on a day or fill up the base of your pyramid with 15 6a's or 7a 's etc. A simple rule is that the factor of the pyramid should be around 3 - 4 for each grade, before adding one more level. Here is an example of a solid pyramid between 7b to 8a ready to start projecting an 8a+. 8a = 3, 7c+ = 9, 7c = 27, 7b+ = 81, 7b = 243 Another way of seeing when going for 8a+ it is based on Time Comparison Grading. 8a = 5 days, 7c+ = 1 day, 7c = second go, 7b+ = onsight