On 17/03/2005 nmonteith wrote:
>What aid system does the current blue mtns guide use? (Does the Pircher/Carter
>guide have aid climbing?)
"M" grades - of course.
If the M grade system could be improved then, please everyone, stop debating it, and knock our collective heads together and "fix" it.
So far the only (half?) good reason I've heard to change it is possible confusion with the Nth American mixed (rock/ice) grading system (which also uses the M prefix), but other than that – or even despite that - I see no reason to roll over and play dead for Uncle Sam. |