French sport grade
What grade is 8a+?
8a+ ≈ 5.13c YDS
Expert8a+ is about 5.13c in YDS.
It’s grade 26 of 35 here, which run from 4a to 9c. It’s an expert grade: it usually takes years of dedicated climbing, and only a small share of climbers climb it.
Grades around 8a+
| French | YDS |
|---|---|
| 7c | 5.12d |
| 7c+ | 5.13a |
| 8a | 5.13b |
| 8a+ | 5.13c |
| 8b | 5.13d |
| 8b+ | 5.14a |
| 8c | 5.14b |
8a+ in every system
- French
- 8a+
- YDS
- 5.13c
- UIAA
- X
- Ewbank
- 30
- British
- E7 7a
- Saxon
- XIb
- Norwegian
- 9−
- Brazilian
- Xa
Questions
- What is 8a+ in YDS?
- 8a+ is about 5.13c in YDS. Where the two scales don’t line up exactly, the conversion is a range.
- Is 8a+ hard?
- It’s an expert grade: it usually takes years of dedicated climbing, and only a small share of climbers climb it.
- What comes after 8a+?
- The next grade up is 8b (5.13d in YDS). The grade below is 8a.
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Approximate. Conversions by OpenBeta sandbag; British from RockFax/theCrag tables.