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Users have 443,846 ticks in their logbooks.
Climbs database lists 83,926 climbs on 8,200 different crags in the UK and around the world.

Average / Max Grades by Year

1969	1	I		I
1972	7	II		IV
1973	3	I/II		II
1974	3	I/II		II
1975	8	II		III
1976	5	II/III		V
1977	22	II/III		IV
1978	12	II/III		IV
1979	4	II/III		IV
1980	19	II/III		V
1981	11	II		III
1982	16	II/III		IV
1983	19	II/III		V
1984	18	II/III		VII
1985	9	III		IV
1986	32	III		VI
1987	21	II/III		VI
1988	15	III		VII
1989	17	II/III		VI
1990	36	II		V
1991	44	II/III		VI
1992	31	II		V
1993	30	II/III		V
1994	34	II/III		VII
1995	54	II/III		V
1996	64	II/III		VI
1997	69	II/III		V
1998	111	II/III		VI
1999	89	II/III		VI
2000	107	II/III		VI
2001	169	II/III		VI
2002	195	II/III		VII
2003	235	II/III		VI
2004	358	II/III		V
2005	623	II/III		VI
2006	1384	II/III		VII
2007	1649	II/III		IX
2008	1414	II/III		VIII

Climbs by Country

Australia	1264	0.3%
Austria	14	0.0%
Belgium	92	0.0%
Canada	718	0.2%
Canary Islands	18	0.0%
Channel Islands	1018	0.2%
China	60	0.0%
Croatia	33	0.0%
Cyprus	549	0.1%
England	314304	70.9%
Finland	1284	0.3%
France	8401	1.9%
Germany	113	0.0%
Greece	2263	0.5%
Ireland	1448	0.3%
Italy	2756	0.6%
Jordan	24	0.0%
Luxembourg	13	0.0%
Malaysia	14	0.0%
Mexico	118	0.0%
Morocco	93	0.0%
Nepal	12	0.0%
New Zealand	370	0.1%
Norway	1186	0.3%
Portugal	18	0.0%
Scotland	34171	7.7%
South Africa	270	0.1%
Spain	15494	3.5%
Sweden	14	0.0%
Switzerland	778	0.2%
Syria	34	0.0%
Thailand	922	0.2%
Turkey	172	0.0%
UNKNOWN	537	0.1%
USA	2515	0.6%
Wales	52402	11.8%

Top 20 Crags (gritstone)

Stanage Popular	25217	18.8%
Burbage North	15460	11.5%
Birchen Edge	11736	8.7%
Froggatt Edge	11324	8.4%
Stanage Plantation	9298	6.9%
Windgather Rocks	6031	4.5%
Stanage High Neb	5893	4.4%
Almscliff	5289	3.9%
Roaches Upper Tier	5235	3.9%
Roaches Lower Tier	4451	3.3%
Millstone Edge	4327	3.2%
Burbage South	4154	3.1%
Brimham Rocks	4061	3.0%
Bamford Edge	4027	3.0%
Curbar Edge	3840	2.9%
Stanage End	3399	2.5%
Rivelin Edge	3096	2.3%
Lawrencefield	2917	2.2%
Roaches Skyline	2273	1.7%
Castle Naze	2164	1.6%

Top 20 Crags (other rocktypes)

The Cuttings	4145	8.3%
Craig Bwlch y Moch (Tremadog)	3802	7.6%
Shepherds Crag	3713	7.5%
Harrisons Rocks	3239	6.5%
Blacknor South	2810	5.6%
Scugdale - Scot Crags	2739	5.5%
Bowden Doors	2615	5.2%
Harborough Rocks	2520	5.1%
Bosigran	2394	4.8%
Cheyne Wears Area	2142	4.3%
Hutton Roof Crags	2141	4.3%
Subluminal	2107	4.2%
The Dewerstone	2077	4.2%
Sierra de Toix	2026	4.1%
Idwal Slabs (aka Cwm Idwal)	1957	3.9%
Wintour's Leap	1933	3.9%
Sella	1889	3.8%
Avon Gorge (Sea Walls)	1875	3.8%
Horseshoe Quarry	1851	3.7%
Symonds Yat	1847	3.7%

Top 20 Climbs (gritstone)

Heather Wall	652	7.0%
Flying Buttress	637	6.8%
Sunset Crack	603	6.5%
Three Pebble Slab	558	6.0%
Tody's Wall	536	5.8%
Sunset Slab	526	5.6%
Hollybush Crack	511	5.5%
Christmas Crack	491	5.3%
Hargreaves' Original Route	442	4.7%
Black Hawk Hell Crack	415	4.5%
Heaven Crack	411	4.4%
Inverted V	409	4.4%
Manchester Buttress	403	4.3%
Green Gut	398	4.3%
Via Media	393	4.2%
Central Trinity	392	4.2%
Trapeze Direct	389	4.2%
Trafalgar Crack	384	4.1%
Knight's Move	382	4.1%
20 Foot Crack	382	4.1%

Top 20 Climbs (other rocktypes)

Little Chamonix	550	10.0%
Hope	371	6.7%
One Step in the Clouds	347	6.3%
Christmas Curry	310	5.6%
The Ordinary Route	294	5.3%
Middlefell Buttress	277	5.0%
Grooved Arete	270	4.9%
Troutdale Pinnacle	267	4.9%
Crackstone Rib	259	4.7%
Tennis Shoe	248	4.5%
The Direct Route	240	4.4%
Brown Slabs Direct	236	4.3%
Brown Slabs	236	4.3%
Ardus	236	4.3%
Seamstress	235	4.3%
Doorpost	234	4.3%
Demo Route	228	4.1%
Christmas Curry/Micah Finish	226	4.1%
Central Groove	224	4.1%
Poor Man's Peuterey	215	3.9%

Top 20 Wishlist Climbs (gritstone)

The Sloth	136	12.0%
Valkyrie	102	9.0%
Flying Buttress Direct	90	8.0%
Three Pebble Slab	65	5.8%
The File	65	5.8%
Quietus	60	5.3%
The Right Unconquerable	60	5.3%
Valkyrie	55	4.9%
The Left Unconquerable	55	4.9%
The Rasp	48	4.2%
Great North Road	47	4.2%
Chequers Buttress	45	4.0%
Archangel	41	3.6%
Sunset Slab	40	3.5%
London Wall	39	3.5%
Long Tall Sally	38	3.4%
Peapod	37	3.3%
Goliath's Groove	36	3.2%
Commander Energy	36	3.2%
Flying Buttress	35	3.1%

Top 20 Wishlist Climbs (other rocktypes)

A Dream of White Horses	178	13.3%
Cenotaph Corner	171	12.7%
Cemetery Gates	111	8.3%
Left Wall	102	7.6%
Tower Ridge	80	6.0%
Cuillin Ridge Traverse	66	4.9%
Grooved Arete	59	4.4%
Tower Ridge	54	4.0%
Comes the Dervish	53	3.9%
Centurion	50	3.7%
Orion Face Direct	47	3.5%
The Devil's Slide	45	3.4%
Tophet Wall	44	3.3%
Point Five Gully	43	3.2%
Right Wall	43	3.2%
The Old Man	43	3.2%
Squareface	39	2.9%
Amphitheatre Buttress	39	2.9%
The Nose	38	2.8%
Little Chamonix	37	2.8%

Climbs by Type of climb

Winter	7086	1.6%
Trad	329101	74.2%
Sport	68176	15.4%
Bouldering	33802	7.6%
Aid	63	0.0%
Alpine	1756	0.4%
Ice	1413	0.3%
Mixed	174	0.0%
Via Ferrata	212	0.0%
Scrambling	1027	0.2%
Unknown	483	0.1%

Climbs by Grade


Winter
I	1236	17.4%
I/II	380	5.4%
II	1711	24.1%
II/III	444	6.3%
III	1461	20.6%
IV	1114	15.7%
V	545	7.7%
VI	165	2.3%
VII	20	0.3%
VIII	9	0.1%
IX	1	0.0%

Trad
M	7279	2.2%
D	21312	6.5%
HD	1053	0.3%
VD	42225	12.8%
HVD	9542	2.9%
MS	1189	0.4%
S	45562	13.8%
HS	31901	9.7%
MVS	1546	0.5%
VS	67012	20.4%
HVS	37676	11.4%
E1	23791	7.2%
E2	14910	4.5%
E3	7745	2.4%
E4	4054	1.2%
E5	1995	0.6%