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star vs no star 23-Mar-2007 At 12:45:53 PM oweng

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On 23/03/2007 gordoste wrote:
>yes all those things contribute to it but everything at araps would have
>a star as the rock is all fantastic.

True, but alot of that fantastic rock is covered by moss and lichen. Plenty of routes have loose blocks on them as well. But overall, many of the 'no star' routes at araplies would be given a star if they were in other climbing areas.

I guess you have to be a bit careful giving too many routes in one area stars (even if the climb deserves it) as it makes it hard to determine which are the best routes.

An example of this would be Hillwood down here in tassie. Great climbing area, but in my opinion probably too many of the climbs have been given 2 or 3 stars. It makes it hard to identify which are the 'cherrys'.

Andrew Martin introduced a 'four star' grading for his Frog Buttress guide that I though was a good idea. I think he used it for 3 or 4 routes that are undisputed mege-classics, to help visitors identify the absolute cream of the crop.