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justin

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Posts: 9

Water Ice 10?
on: February 9, 2010, 12:14

See here and discuss…

Interesting how they can jump the WI difficulty scale from 6/7 to 10. I always thought WI7 was as suspect as the A5 grade.

flashman

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Posts: 123

Re: Water Ice 10?
on: February 14, 2010, 21:31

Yeah no kidding. I mean, it took Wolfgang Gullich months of effort to RP Action Directe, he didn’t flash it first try! And if Tim Emmett (who is English for pete’s sake) could then do the same thing, I’d say the WI10 grade is pretty dodgy.
Maybe once somebody like Raphael Slawinski gets up there we’ll get a reasoned second opinion on the grade.

jon

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Posts: 8

Re: Water Ice 10?
on: February 22, 2010, 13:46

I have to agree with you guys WI 10 seems silly. So the route is overhanging, so there is no hooking involved. Will Gadd is a bit of a publicity hound, nice guy, but loves to be covered. This obviously gets peoples attention.

Best
Jon

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