French sport grade
What grade is 8a?
8a ≈ 5.13b YDS
Expert8a is about 5.13b in YDS.
It’s grade 25 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 |
|---|---|
| 7b+ | 5.12c |
| 7c | 5.12d |
| 7c+ | 5.13a |
| 8a | 5.13b |
| 8a+ | 5.13c |
| 8b | 5.13d |
| 8b+ | 5.14a |
8a in every system
- French
- 8a
- YDS
- 5.13b
- UIAA
- X−
- Ewbank
- 29
- British
- E7 6c
- Saxon
- Xc
- Norwegian
- 9−
- Brazilian
- IXc
Questions
- What is 8a in YDS?
- 8a is about 5.13b 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 8a+ (5.13c in YDS). The grade below is 7c+.
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Approximate. Conversions by OpenBeta sandbag; British from RockFax/theCrag tables.