How I grade hard trad routes

Trad grades - they are inexact, hard to pin down and cause folk lots of confusion. In this video I discuss how I grade trad routes and how I insulate myself from the controversies that often accompany them. I also offer a grade for Echo Wall on Ben Nevis.

Ben Nevis, E10 trad climbing, E11 trad, lake district climbing, Trad clilmbing, trad climbing, vlogsDave MacLeod5 March 2024Echo Wall, hard trad climbing, hardest trad climbsComment