How do you sport-monkeys measure the difficulty of a particular 5.13? How many weeks it takes to aid....oops, I mean, "work" the moves?
Ok...the burdo grades are off easily by a factor of 2 -3 letter grades...but that's brian...and he wrote the guide book and pumped his own routes...
hahahaha...there's ez aid and there's bitch hard aid right? How's bout maybe when you're "working" or aiding or pussifying (or whatever term you choose to use for getting through) the move your tendon blows????? Maybe you lose 4 months to a year of hard climbing (or aiding in your world )...would that be consider hard or just a little tough?
And often times working these routes is on lead on the "wussy" bolt (because the pitch is too long for topropes, etc., sorry dwayner) , even though you facing 35 to 40 foot whips each time you try a wrong "aid" move...granted, its on bolts, its overhanging, etc. etc. etc. but its easy to just rip an effort from the couch...
you guys crack me up...shit, whoohoo walk some stupid .11 and then slander the place and duck the ball by saying "ahh gee, i'm not going to work/aid/lower myself to try some of the really stellar climbing there, cuz its just too hard"... fucking a kill me...