Posted by Scott Borger on May 19, 2008 at 12:30 AM
Here is a shot of the wildlife that you might encounter while tromping around Garden of the Gods. Despite all of the people, these creatures are not shy. The route is called <i>Anaconda</i> (5.10c).
More photos and a brief commentary on this shot (and others) can be seen on my trip report:
Great shots, a wonderful sense of scale. Question though, for us non climbers I assume that the 5.10c is some sort of difficulty rating for climbs. What would be an extremely difficult rating, just so I know where a 5.10c rates on the scale. Good stuff as always Scott.
Scott!! what a great perspective it is.....like it is said before...scale here is really conveyed!! Beautiful day and beautiful work.... regards, Rajeev
Joe, 5.10c is the difficulty rating of the first pitch of this route. It gets into the 11’s past the first anchor. Any route, pitch, or specific "move" can be rated. The rating that I gave this route is based on the YDS system (Yosemite Decimal System). Generally, difficulty ratings are based on consensus within the climbing community and can change as use/erosion changes holds, etc. To make matters more confusing, (1) there are different rating scales for different types of climbing (see below), (2) different countries use different rating systems and (3) the scales are constantly evolving as people push the limits of the rating systems. Currently, most all climbs fall within the following US rating scales:
Bouldering: V0- to V15+
Mixed Climbing: M1 to M12
Rock Climbing: 5.0 to 5.15d
Ice Climbing: WI1 to WI8
Lead climbing is much harder than following because you have to place protection while climbing. Also, climbing outside is much harder than equivalent ratings in a climbing gym.
a,b,c,d are used to subdivide the rating systems for rock climbing once above 5.10. + and - are used to subdivide other types of climbs. For more info on climbing ratings, see the following website:
You ought to get into free climbing, Scott, the really pure kind without all those cumbersome
ropes and metal anchors--just think of the nice prisitne shots you could get then
Very cool series of images Scott, the one posted here really does convey to the viewer the sense of scale. Beautiful colours!. Thanks for the 101 on climbing ratings too!.
QUOTE: Here is a shot of the wildlife that you might encounter while tromping around Garden of the Gods. Despite all of the people, these creatures are not shy.
Just don't feed them, or they'll loose their fear and become a nuisance . . .
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12 repliesMore photos and a brief commentary on this shot (and others) can be seen on my trip report:
http://www.scottborger.com/gallery.php?gallery=anaconda
Bouldering: V0- to V15+
Mixed Climbing: M1 to M12
Rock Climbing: 5.0 to 5.15d
Ice Climbing: WI1 to WI8
Lead climbing is much harder than following because you have to place protection while climbing. Also, climbing outside is much harder than equivalent ratings in a climbing gym.
a,b,c,d are used to subdivide the rating systems for rock climbing once above 5.10. + and - are used to subdivide other types of climbs. For more info on climbing ratings, see the following website:
http://www.alpinist.com/p/web/grades
To answer your other Q: once you can climb 5.10 or harder, you're a good climber (I'm sure some would disagree, but that's one benchmark to go by).
ropes and metal anchors--just think of the nice prisitne shots you could get then
Just don't feed them, or they'll loose their fear and become a nuisance . . .