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Saturday, January 11, 2020

First Ascentionists Over Time (Female and Male)

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I have always been interested in the history of rock climbing. Lately, I tried to collect data about male and female first ascentionists to ...
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Saturday, October 12, 2019

Progressing like Adam Ondra or Stefano Ghisolfi

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Last time, we have looked how averge climbers progress over time. Today, we want to look at individual performance trajectories of elite cli...
Sunday, September 29, 2019

How many years does it take to climb 7a or 5.11d?

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If you talk to beginners, you often hear how long does it take to climb 7a (5.12a)? In this post, we approach this question in a first out o...
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Tuesday, September 24, 2019

New Topic: Climbing Progression Over Time (how fast will you become better)

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In the next weeks, we will explore a new topic. We will statistically look how fast individuals typically improve in rock climbing and bould...
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Sunday, December 16, 2018

The disadvantage of being tall in rock climbing seems to be driven by higher weight

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Previously, we observed that being tall is a disadvantage for male rock climbers . One argument which is often made is that this is due to t...
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Wednesday, December 12, 2018

What is the share of climbers who can send 8a or 9a?

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In our previous post , we have looked at the distribution of grades across almost 3 million rock climbing ascents in the 8a.nu data. Today, ...
Tuesday, December 11, 2018

What is the average difficulty of a climbing route?

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In this post, we will take a look at rock climbing ascents recorded in the 8a.nu data (or to be more precise their grades). This post is abo...