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Trip
Grading |
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Our participants are
sometimes concerned that
our course and trips
might be beyond their
capabilities. Vertical
Bug has a range of
trips, with something
for everybody. The
physical grading gives
you an idea of how much
huffing and puffing you
can expect on the trip.
While generalizations
are always tricky, a
summary of our grading
follows...
Clearly, there are many
different factors that
contribute to the
difficulty of a
particular trip,
including, length of
day, terrain, altitude
and weather conditions.
Since some of these
factors are necessarily
changeable, any system
of grades can only
provide a general
indication. Although we
have tried to make our
grading system as clear
as possible, it cannot
take into account your
personal interests,
abilities or experience.
If you have any
questions about the
nature of a particular
trip or its suitability
for you, please contact
us.
To show the relative
difficulty of our trips,
we give each of them a
grade. Our simple,
colour-coded grade
symbol provides an
indication of the
difficulty of each trip.
We have classified them
into 4 Grades – each
identified by a
different color. |
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Yellow
Suitable for
most people in
good health,
trips at this
grade include
only limited
amounts of
activity. Any
elements of
walking are
predominantly on
good paths and
activity of
abseiling or
climbing would
be introductory
patches. It
might be a
relaxed trip
but, you still
cant bring your
Louis Vuitton
bag here. |
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Green
Suitable
for reasonably fit
individuals, such as
weekend walkers, trips
at this grade generally
include relatively short
walking days, on good
paths and tracks. There
can be the occasional
more difficult stretch.
This can include
challenging gradients,
but not impossible
routes. |
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Blue
Physically
challenging trips, where
you need to be prepared
before you go. Trips at
this grade are suitable
for regular hill walkers
who are used to extended
days and can involve
difficult and sometimes
slippery terrain, as
well as high vertical
rock faces. This trip
would demand experience
of walking on wet rocks,
exposed faces,
challenging abseils or
skilled climbing. |
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Red
Our
toughest programmes,
involving many long
days, often in isolated
areas and at extreme
altitude. May also
include difficult pass
crossings, requiring
basic mountaineering
skills and
equipment. Climbing
includes overhangs,
painful vertical faces
and potential dangers. A
high level of fitness
and previous wilderness
and mountain experience
is essential. This is
the real deal.
Gentlemen, this is what
you have been training
for. |
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