YDS route grade
What grade is 5.14b?
5.14b ≈ 8c French
Expert5.14b is about 8c in French.
It’s grade 22 of 28 here, which run from 5.6 to 5.15d. It’s an expert grade: it usually takes years of dedicated climbing, and only a small share of climbers climb it.
Grades around 5.14b
| YDS | French |
|---|---|
| 5.13c | 8a+ |
| 5.13d | 8b |
| 5.14a | 8b+ |
| 5.14b | 8c |
| 5.14c | 8c+ |
| 5.14d | 9a |
| 5.15a | 9a+ |
5.14b in every system
- French
- 8c
- YDS
- 5.14b
- UIAA
- XI−
- Ewbank
- 33
- British
- E9 7b
- Saxon
- XIIa
- Norwegian
- 9+
- Brazilian
- XIa
Questions
- What is 5.14b in French?
- 5.14b is about 8c in French. Where the two scales don’t line up exactly, the conversion is a range.
- Is 5.14b 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 5.14b?
- The next grade up is 5.14c (8c+ in French). The grade below is 5.14a.
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Approximate. Conversions by OpenBeta sandbag; British from RockFax/theCrag tables.