French sport grade
What grade is 8b?
8b ≈ 5.13d YDS
Expert8b is about 5.13d in YDS.
It’s grade 27 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 8b
| French | YDS |
|---|---|
| 7c+ | 5.13a |
| 8a | 5.13b |
| 8a+ | 5.13c |
| 8b | 5.13d |
| 8b+ | 5.14a |
| 8c | 5.14b |
| 8c+ | 5.14c |
8b in every system
- French
- 8b
- YDS
- 5.13d
- UIAA
- X+
- Ewbank
- 31
- British
- E8 7a
- Saxon
- XIc
- Norwegian
- 9
- Brazilian
- Xb
Questions
- What is 8b in YDS?
- 8b is about 5.13d in YDS. Where the two scales don’t line up exactly, the conversion is a range.
- Is 8b 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 8b?
- The next grade up is 8b+ (5.14a in YDS). The grade below is 8a+.
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Approximate. Conversions by OpenBeta sandbag; British from RockFax/theCrag tables.