French sport grade
What grade is 8c?
8c ≈ 5.14b YDS
Expert8c is about 5.14b in YDS.
It’s grade 29 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 8c
| French | YDS |
|---|---|
| 8a+ | 5.13c |
| 8b | 5.13d |
| 8b+ | 5.14a |
| 8c | 5.14b |
| 8c+ | 5.14c |
| 9a | 5.14d |
| 9a+ | 5.15a |
8c in every system
- French
- 8c
- YDS
- 5.14b
- UIAA
- XI−
- Ewbank
- 33
- British
- E9 7b
- Saxon
- XIIa
- Norwegian
- 9+
- Brazilian
- XIa
Questions
- What is 8c in YDS?
- 8c is about 5.14b in YDS. Where the two scales don’t line up exactly, the conversion is a range.
- Is 8c 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 8c?
- The next grade up is 8c+ (5.14c in YDS). The grade below is 8b+.
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Approximate. Conversions by OpenBeta sandbag; British from RockFax/theCrag tables.