In reply to Offwidth:
> Two widely experienced UK climbers on grit and granite and one experienced grit climber all of whom had done a fair bit of guidebook work for the BMC all nicely warmed up in the trip and all leading around HVS on this style and we all thought standard HVS as did all the other brits we talked to. I think you're just not taking into account it might be you that's wrong. If you don't adapt and/or the crux is wet it feels harder not easier. I wasn't using grade comparison charts ... after grade checking for guidebooks for well over a decade UK Grade assignment happens on autopilot.
My point was that it could just as easily feel harder to a different person and that the level of polish was a reason to treat it with caution.
If the style suits you then you are likely to climb harder on a some rocktypes or in a some areas.
In Yosemite or on the granite down the Sierra Eastside I consistently feel a great deal more comortable at higher grades than I would on just about any crag I have ever visited in the UK.
Does that mean that I am wrong or that we need to think carefully about paying to much heed to other peopels gradings?