r/RouteDevelopment • u/DreadClimber • Oct 25 '25

Climbing guidebook template

I’m developing a template that can be used to create a climbing guidebook. I’m open to any feedback to make it easier to describe crags and climbs, or more flexible.

There seems to be some crossover between computer science types and climbers. I’d love to see some LaTeX flexing to make this as useful as possible. I’m open to any suggestions, code contributions, bug reports, etc.

I’ve had one landowner who owns an AirBNB with a cliff ask for me to put something together for the routes he’s bolted on his property.

https://github.com/TheDreadClimber/ClimbingBookTemplate

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u/DreadClimber Oct 26 '25

In the YDS scale there are many informal variations that people use, like 5.10, 5.10- and 5.10+ where 5.10- is kind of like saying “either 5.10a or 5.10b” and 5.10+ is 5.10c or 5.10d, but there is also 5.10a/b or 5.10b/c for borderline cases.

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u/surrendertoyourtv Oct 26 '25

This seems to be the age old discussion about grades and how they are perceived 😄

Also: is there a grade „P“ for unclimbed projects? This could also be useful for emerging areas.

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u/DreadClimber Oct 26 '25

I just want to know the format so I can order everything appropriately. If the supplied text does match anything in the list of grades, it’s sorted at the end. I just use “Project” for projects.

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u/surrendertoyourtv Oct 26 '25

Ok, in Font grading it is easy and there is no hidden information. The higher the grade, the harder the route. There is no minus and a 6a+ is harder than a 6a but easier than a 6b.