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High Neb Gully grade

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 drolex 28 Jun 2015
High Neb Gully (M)

Graded "E" in the BMC definitive guide - first time I notice this grade. E for easy I suppose. Understandable, but is it meant tongue-in-cheek or are there any other occurrences of this grade? Or is it an actual historical grade I am not aware of?
 Chris Craggs Global Crag Moderator 28 Jun 2015
In reply to drolex:

It was the old base of the the system - largely abandoned nowadays: Easy > Moderate > Difficult > Very Difficult > etc


Chris
 Martin Haworth 28 Jun 2015
In reply to drolex:
E, f3, R

 PPP 28 Jun 2015
In reply to drolex:

That reminds me when a friend (who climbed a wee bit indoors) asked me why do I call a route easy if its grade is Severe? Well, I didn't have an answer prepared for that!
OP drolex 29 Jun 2015
In reply to PPP:

Yeah this is a constant source of amazement for the wife as well. She always asks me to climb E1 or E2, because that must be less dangerous than a Hard Very Severe surely. That sounds like certain death to her.

Thanks for the answers every one.
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