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Sonnie Trotter Goes Down on Tasmania 23-Feb-2016 At 2:50:54 PM Karl Bromelow

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On 23/02/2016 simey wrote:

>I have climbed a lot in the UK and so I am very familiar with the grading
>system, but in the end I still thought it had way too many weirdnesses...

I don't doubt you have Simon, and many travelling poms have had the pleasure of enjoying the brilliant rock climbing in Australia. Some of them like myself on many return visits. However I never hear them clamouring for a change over to the Ewbank system whenever grade debates arise back in soggy old Blighty with it's insignificant rocks, sorry history of rock climbing and bunch of soft arses top roping everything a thousand times before shaking their way up some 20ft blob and punching the air for YouTube. That's because, by and large, what they have works and they understand it well enough to get on with enjoying the game. Just like you do with your simple numerical system. I'm sure if I had been exposed to the Australian system from day one I'd be waving a flag for it too. Now come on, back to that preclipping preplacing stuff. That is far more interesting.