French sport grade
What grade is 9a?
9a ≈ 5.14d YDS
Expert9a is about 5.14d in YDS.
It’s grade 31 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 9a
| French | YDS |
|---|---|
| 8b+ | 5.14a |
| 8c | 5.14b |
| 8c+ | 5.14c |
| 9a | 5.14d |
| 9a+ | 5.15a |
| 9b | 5.15b |
| 9b+ | 5.15c |
9a in every system
- French
- 9a
- YDS
- 5.14d
- UIAA
- XI
- Ewbank
- 35
- British
- E10 7b
- Saxon
- XIIc
- Norwegian
- 10
- Brazilian
- XIc
Questions
- What is 9a in YDS?
- 9a is about 5.14d in YDS. Where the two scales don’t line up exactly, the conversion is a range.
- Is 9a 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 9a?
- The next grade up is 9a+ (5.15a in YDS). The grade below is 8c+.
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Approximate. Conversions by OpenBeta sandbag; British from RockFax/theCrag tables.