User talk:Steple

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Ratagonia (talk) 16:25, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Grade (climbing) question you asked me[edit]

Do you really consider 5.9 to be 6a? Steple (talk) 19:07, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

That's not the point, Steple. MY opinion is not notable - and neither is yours. Find a good comparison source, and propose changing it on the Talk page - and see what people say. Read through the article WP:RS. Personally, I have zero opinion on the matter - I have never even tried to use French Grades. This is a wikipedia issue, not a climbing issue. It also really does not matter. No one is going to die because they learned from the Wikipedia that 5.9 is the same as 6a an therefore they SHOULD have been able to easily solo it. In the last month we have lost Brutus of Wyde and John Bachar - let's focus on things that will be of historical interest to climbers. Ratagonia (talk) 16:25, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My changes were already suggested by other users in the past. Still, I added some sources to the talk page. Let me know if you have objections. (I don't understand how this relates to the fact that people die.) Steple (talk) 20:19, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]