UIAA climbing grade system
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The UIAA climbing grade system is an internationally used scale, originating in Europe, that rates the difficulty of rock climbs using Roman numerals and plus/minus modifiers.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alpine (UIAA) adjectival scale | 1 |
| Alpine grading system | 1 |
| UIAA climbing grade system canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: UIAA climbing grade system Context triple: [Yosemite Decimal System, comparedWith, UIAA climbing grade system]
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UKC
UKC is a NUTS statistical region code used by the European Union to classify an area in the United Kingdom for regional statistics and funding purposes.
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Remedios de Escalada
Remedios de Escalada was an Argentine patriot and social figure best known as the wife of independence leader General José de San Martín and for her support of the South American independence cause.
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UIAA list of Alpine four-thousanders
The UIAA list of Alpine four-thousanders is an official catalog compiled by the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation that enumerates the principal Alpine peaks exceeding 4,000 meters in elevation.
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Chouinard–Herbert route
The Chouinard–Herbert route is a classic, historically significant big-wall rock climb on Sentinel Rock in Yosemite National Park, renowned for its sustained difficulty and pioneering style.
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Eiger North Face
The Eiger North Face is a legendary and notoriously challenging alpine wall in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, famed among mountaineers for its extreme difficulty and dramatic vertical rise.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: UIAA climbing grade system Target entity description: The UIAA climbing grade system is an internationally used scale, originating in Europe, that rates the difficulty of rock climbs using Roman numerals and plus/minus modifiers.
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A.
UKC
UKC is a NUTS statistical region code used by the European Union to classify an area in the United Kingdom for regional statistics and funding purposes.
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B.
Remedios de Escalada
Remedios de Escalada was an Argentine patriot and social figure best known as the wife of independence leader General José de San Martín and for her support of the South American independence cause.
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C.
UIAA list of Alpine four-thousanders
The UIAA list of Alpine four-thousanders is an official catalog compiled by the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation that enumerates the principal Alpine peaks exceeding 4,000 meters in elevation.
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D.
Chouinard–Herbert route
The Chouinard–Herbert route is a classic, historically significant big-wall rock climb on Sentinel Rock in Yosemite National Park, renowned for its sustained difficulty and pioneering style.
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E.
Eiger North Face
The Eiger North Face is a legendary and notoriously challenging alpine wall in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, famed among mountaineers for its extreme difficulty and dramatic vertical rise.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
climbing grade system
ⓘ
rock climbing difficulty scale ⓘ |
| abbreviation | UIAA scale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
free climbing
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sport climbing ⓘ traditional climbing ⓘ |
| comparedWith |
British trad grade system
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French sport climbing grade system ⓘ Yosemite Decimal System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedBy | UIAA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doesNotApplyTo | aid climbing difficulty ⓘ |
| doesNotMeasure |
objective hazards
ⓘ
overall route seriousness ⓘ protection quality ⓘ |
| field |
mountaineering
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rock climbing ⓘ |
| fullName | Union Internationale des Associations d’Alpinisme climbing grade system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | UIAA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gradeFormat | Roman numeral with optional plus or minus ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin | alpine rock climbing ⓘ |
| includesGrade |
IV
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IX ⓘ V ⓘ VI ⓘ VII ⓘ VIII ⓘ X ⓘ XI ⓘ XII ⓘ |
| lowestCommonGrade | III ⓘ |
| measures | technical difficulty of the hardest moves ⓘ |
| notationExample |
VI+
ⓘ
VII- ⓘ |
| originatedIn | Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfCommonUse |
Austria
NERFINISHED
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Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scaleType | open-ended scale ⓘ |
| typicalRange | III to XII ⓘ |
| usedBy | rock climbers ⓘ |
| usedFor | rating difficulty of rock climbs ⓘ |
| usedIn | internationally ⓘ |
| usedOn |
alpine rock routes
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multi-pitch routes ⓘ single-pitch routes ⓘ |
| usesModifier |
minus sign
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plus sign ⓘ |
| usesNumerals | Roman numerals ⓘ |
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Subject: UIAA climbing grade system Description of subject: The UIAA climbing grade system is an internationally used scale, originating in Europe, that rates the difficulty of rock climbs using Roman numerals and plus/minus modifiers.
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