… system of categorising climber abilities and to employ a common language as descriptors for
specific ability groups… (Citation2011b) created two tables of climber abilities, one for males …

… grading of climbs themselves, there is a relative degree of subjectivity in making these ability
grouping … The descriptors for the ability grouping have also been modified from Draper et al. …

… statement regarding ability groupings, comparison between scales and statistical analysis of
data… for males and females and can be used in research papers as part of the description of …

… , the 29 competitive climbers, of a range of abilities, were … in performance descriptors
between ability groupings were … a scale for assessing the invariant features of skillful climbing …

… et al. demonstrated that grouping by self-reported climbing grades shows an … climbing ability
21 and proposed a comparative grading scale aimed to match the different grading systems …

… best climbers get more competitive, … grading systems do not take affordances (see section
2.1) into account, which place the action capabilities of a climber in the context of a climbing …

… climbing log book (thecrag.com), we find that for three different climbing grade scales that
an increment of a sport climbing … comparing our results to data of very experienced climbers …

… comparison between studies, clearer ability descriptors, and a numerical scale to bring greater
consistency to statistical analyses… to climbing and can differentiate between ability groups. …

… A comprehensive verbal description of the nature and purpose of the study, as well as the
… ability grouping statement, 9 novice climbers, 11 advanced climbers and 10 elite climbers …

… Comparative grading scales, statistical analyses, climber descriptors and ability grouping:
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