Leisure Kicks - The essencial sport and leisure guide

Climbing (both indoor and outdoor) operates a grading system. In Britain, climbs can be graded easy, moderate, rising up to extremely difficult or (as is often seen at climbing walls), they can be given a technical grade, at present from 1-9 (with sub-divisions of a, b and c from 6 onwards) that assesses the difficulty of the hardest moves within the climb. Climbing is also a competitive sport. Some competitions are based on difficulty and are scored on how high you get on the route, whilst others measure the speed of ascent.  Climbing competitions in Britain all take place on man-made structures and not on real rock.

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