Climbing harder outside than in the gym?

[ashw_justin]

Is that the .10a handcrack at X32?

 

Well that depends. The booming rock climbing economy has come with a steady inflationary rate of perhaps one letter grade every 5-10 years. So yes, perhaps in the late nineties we were seeing Mambo go at 5.10a; but as consumer demand for higher ratings remains strong, current forecasts are putting all of your favorite hand cracks in the mid-5.11 range by say 2015. (Experts are optimistic, and continue to ignore the possibility of a market crash, in which a new fad sport emerges, and the only market left is composed of sandbagging hardasses.)