Climbing Grade Converter Lite
By Blue Fusion Technologies, LLC
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Description
Climbing Grade Converter is a simple tool used to help rock climbers understand the different grading systems used around the world. Currently the app converts between 14 different climbing grading systems including bouldering systems.
The lite version only converts from the Yosemite Decimal System (YDS) used in North America.
Keep in mind that climbing grades are subjective and are agreed upon by a consensus. Also, there is disagreement on how certain systems convert to other systems since different systems take into account different factors (i.e. hardest move, overall difficulty, etc). I've attempted to compile all data I could find to create the most comprehensive conversion tool I could.
What's New in Version 1.31
Minor bug fixes.
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Customer Reviews
Mmh
As subjective as grades are. I think (correct me if I'm wrong) this app is one grade up on the French rating. A 5.9 is a 5c in France and not a 6a! Not so sure if I can trust this app
Inaccurate and not handy
The grades are subjective by nature. They can vary from place to place. But I've climbed in Europe and USA and from my experience this app doesn't provide correct conversion.
Usually 5.9 is considered to be rather 5c than 6a which usually corresponds to 5.10a.
As for bouldering, V2 is way too easy to be 6a+, V3 is too easy to be 6c, and so on.
And finally, it doesn't make many sense to compare routes and bouldering. Well, one can be interested how difficult the most hard move is in the route. But from this point of view this app is completely misleading. For instance, 5.10c corresponds to V1.. Have you ever climbed at all?? :)
It would be better to display route and bouldering grades separately, and allow to choose the grading system to scroll.
- Free
- Category: Utilities
- Updated: Aug 16, 2010
- Version: 1.31
- Size: 0.3 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Blue Fusion Technologies, LLC
- © 2010 Blue Fusion Technologies, LLC
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.0 or later
