I scanned a bit through the 8a logs and found some interesting reading. No, I'm not gonna complain at the grades some people choose for their routes, if it floats yer boat, go ahead and give Master of puppets a 6a+ grade. What got me interested was how someone (a number of someones) red pointed or flashed a route and came back a few weeks later and on-sighted the same route. Memory problems? And the staggering number of first ascents some people make... wow!
Oh and write something about the route, something interesting.

lets just laugh at them, but its quite something to behold...
wow!
or is it just us who feel that honesty is an actual policy anymore, hey shortness?

but really, you can't grade a 23 7a, 7a+!!! wtf d1kheads...

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I've also noticed a steady decline in the 8a.nu scorecard system or user inputs rather. It's one thing going up or down a half grade (french) but full letter grades or more on well established routes seems silly. There are also a crazy number or 'retro' onsights and flashes. It is quite entertaining though.

Just remember that the best climbers are the ones having the most fun

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haha - spirited about those grades aren't you Brolloks. And it is His Shortness to you When I put an ascent up, I like to have a look at what other people thought of it and that's where you see some gems, like the one bloke who suggested 6b for the gospel express - jumping a whopping 4 grades. Maybe he climbed it in the rain, like that Mokganjetsi fellow did the other day. O and then there was this other guy who onsighted a route on top rope (I bet he only rested on the rope once). Good sports. "Having the most fun while puking" - no more beer for you...

@ his shortyness: sorry your honour

@ everyone else:
i onsightedness a walk in to hellfire crag the other day, it ok if eye calls it a multy pitch boulder problem and grade that f-iegh slog a 9a? see, eye wus drunk still and hed a overhang headache of sizemick perporshuns, and reccon my effirt should be rewarded as such...

awhaitieng yor speedie replys
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Here's a funny one:

Sterling Silver - 6c+
Fleur de Mer - 7b

!?!?! Must have been one of those makes everything 3 grades harder high gravity days ...

"your honor" is what you say to the magistrate - where have you spent your time lately? It should be highness, actually "your lowness" in this case. I say go for the 9a, then we will finally have one!

Hey Jaydy you got me thinking there (and you deserve a 9a just for that). Since silver is often associated with the moon, it would suggest that the moon affects the grade of the route so much. When it is new moon the sun and the moon are both on the same side of the climb and if you climb the route in mid-day you'll have it easy and you can grade it 6b. If it is early in the morning or late in the afternoon the effect is reduced and the climb is then 6b+. When the sun and moon is opposite each other it gets a little trickier - 6c. Finally you get a midnight climb at new moon - you will experience the strongest gravitational pull from the sun and moon both on the other side of the earth pulling you down. Add to that the fact that it bill be pretty dark and you get one hard route - 6c+