French sport grade
What grade is 9b+?
9b+ ≈ 5.15c YDS
Expert9b+ is about 5.15c in YDS.
It’s grade 34 of 35 here, which run from 4a to 9c. It’s at the very top of the scale: only a small number of the world’s strongest climbers have climbed it.
Grades around 9b+
| French | YDS |
|---|---|
| 9a | 5.14d |
| 9a+ | 5.15a |
| 9b | 5.15b |
| 9b+ | 5.15c |
| 9c | 5.15d |
9b+ in every system
- French
- 9b+
- YDS
- 5.15c
- UIAA
- XI+/XII−
- Ewbank
- 38
- British
- –
- Saxon
- XIIIb
- Norwegian
- 11−
- Brazilian
- XIIc
Questions
- What is 9b+ in YDS?
- 9b+ is about 5.15c in YDS. Where the two scales don’t line up exactly, the conversion is a range.
- Is 9b+ hard?
- It’s at the very top of the scale: only a small number of the world’s strongest climbers have climbed it.
- What comes after 9b+?
- The next grade up is 9c (5.15d in YDS). The grade below is 9b.
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Approximate. Conversions by OpenBeta sandbag; British from RockFax/theCrag tables.