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Bouldering Grades 15-Oct-2007 At 1:23:54 PM phil_nev

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>Ben Moon or Jerry Moffat says this in one of the vids when asked why they
>like bouldering so much). When I was back in the UK there were murmors
>from visitors that some of the Cave problems were a bit 'soft' compared
>to similarly V graded straight ups because they tended to be power endurance
>problems rather than pure strength problems. I think because of the uniqueness
>of the Cave neither system can really be applied to the longer problems
>a route grade gives a better indication of the difficulties.

That said, these problems have since been downgraded
Extreeme cool - originaly V10, now V8
Sleepy Hollow, original 13, now 12
dead cant dance, original V12, now V11
Cave rave, original V13/14, now considered 11/12

Still adds up to V13/14 + V13