Grade Infaltion - What is it Good For?
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Hmmm.....
Inquiring minds are curious.
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@toby Good for your ego?
Can't think of any other reason.
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@David-Harris said in Grade Infaltion - What is it Good For?:
@toby Good for your ego?
Or is it? Because one is then only lying to oneself, no?
Can't think of any other reason.
I have a couple hypotheses, buy they're half baked yet and likely best left in the oven fer' a bit. I hope to prompt commentary from the broader RPU community at large - even though this has perhaps been discussed, debated to death and put to bed decade(s) ago.
Yet, I wonder... what new insights a historical retrospect may generate.... ??
Inquiring minds will be curious, eh?
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@toby My reply above was in reference to deliberate grade inflation, which, yeah, is just ego-boo. But I think most grade inflation is the result of ignorance rather than self-promotion.
How do you grade a route if you've only climbed for a couple of years? If you've only climbed in one or two areas? If you mostly boulder, but finally put up a sport climb? Or vice-versa? If you mostly sport climb but this was your first crack climb? Or vice-versa? If this was only your first or second FA?
Even with vast experience it is easy to be wrong by a letter grade or two, so imagine how hard it must be to grade your new rad FA when you're still new to the game yourself.
