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The grade vote feature is great, but what if you think an E2 should be a V2? If the climb is 5m, the description says "Graded for a Solo Ascent with a pad or 2" and there is virtually no prospect of protecting the climb with gear, it doesn't make sense to describe it as a Trad climb. Is it possible to vote for a grad in a different style?
A Bridge Over Troubled Waters (HVS 5a)

In reply to AlanPD:

Contact the crag moderator and ask them to change it.

Alan

In reply to Alan James - Rockfax:

The FA was solo with mats, but the recorded repeat ascent was on a Top Rope. How should the climber record their TR ascent if it's reclassified as a boulder problem?

In reply to Ron Rees Davies:


You can always log the climb however you like (even if it is a boulder problem). The problem is you can't vote for a bouldering grade of a trad route , and vice versa.

In reply to SenzuBean:

The other 5 climbs on the same bridge are all Trad, so makes more sense to keep all the gradings the same?

In reply to Ron Rees Davies:


I dunno As another example, this Seasick Slab (f3+) was in my guidebook as a VDiff 4a, but everyone has decided it's a boulder problem. I now can't vote and say I felt it was a Severe, or a Diff, or even that I agreed with VDiff 4a. Maybe not the best example, but the only one I can think of personally.

In reply to Alan James - Rockfax:

There are many trad routes which people often choose to solo, possibly due to poor gear. And there are boulders which people choose to climb or work with a rope. I think the line between trad and boulder can be a little blurred and sometimes a matter of personal perspective, in the same way a grade is. Therefore would it not be a nice if we could get a consensus on the style instead of having it dictated.
I just wanted to plant the idea for a future development.

In reply to AlanPD:

Stick the grade suggestion in your comments, assuming they are public.

In reply to AlanPD:


Being able to record an ascent in different grade styles is something we plan to add but it is quite a major change and won't be easy.

As regards dictating style - well route types can be changed by moderators and this tends to be done by consensus. It is easy to communicate with them if there is a question. The only time moderators can't change route style is when they are tied to Rockfax guidebook routes which is a necessary step for the book-App-Logbook system to work. We do review these though when producing updated information.

Alan