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| A0 | Artificielt | Hanging from gear, stepping on pitons, pulling up on nuts, etc. Everything that doesn't require aiders and can't be honestly called 'free climbing'. Also known as "French free". |
| A1 | Artificielt | Easy aid. Placements are easy and bomber. Each piece should hold a fall. |
| A2 | Artificielt | Moderate aid. Solid but often awkward and strenuous placements. Maybe a difficult placement or two above good pro. Falls pose no danger. |
| A2+ | Artificielt | Moderate aid, but with more tenuous placements above good pro. There is a potential for serious falls, but these will generally be otherwise uneventful. |
| A3 | Artificielt | Hard aid. Requires many tenuous placements in a row and pieces need to be tested before weighting them. There should be solid placements within the pitch, but they are rather few and far between. During a fall, up to eight pieces of pro may rip out, but there generally is little serious danger. Takes several hours to complete a pitch. |
| A3+ | Artificielt | A3, but with a dangerous fall potential. |
| A4 | Artificielt | Serious aid. Most placements hold little less than body weight and falls are serious affairs. Being 10 to 15 meters above the last solid piece is not uncommon. |
| A5 | Artificielt | Extreme aid. No piece in the whole pitch can be trusted to hold a fall. No bolts or rivets in A5 pitches. |
| A6 | Artificielt | A5 with poor belays that won't hold a fall. The leader pops and the whole team is airborne. No one sane has ever done this, and no one insane who tried came back to tell us about it. |
| L | Boulder | Let boulder rute (under 5-) |
| 5- | Boulder | |
| 5 | Boulder | |
| 5+ | Boulder | |
| 6A | Boulder | |
| 6A+ | Boulder | |
| 6B | Boulder | |
| 6B+ | Boulder | |
| 6C | Boulder | |
| 6C+ | Boulder | |
| 7A | Boulder | |
| 7A+ | Boulder | |
| 7B | Boulder | |
| 7B+ | Boulder | |
| 7C | Boulder | |
| 7C+ | Boulder | |
| 8A | Boulder | |
| 3 | Fransk | |
| 4 | Fransk | |
| 5a | Fransk | |
| 5b | Fransk | |
| 5c | Fransk | |
| 6a | Fransk | |
| 6a+ | Fransk | |
| 6b | Fransk | |
| 6b+ | Fransk | |
| 6c | Fransk | |
| 6c+ | Fransk | |
| 7a | Fransk | |
| 7a+ | Fransk | |
| 7b | Fransk | |
| 7b+ | Fransk | |
| 7c | Fransk | |
| 7c+ | Fransk | |
| 8a | Fransk | |
| 8a+ | Fransk | |
| 1 | Skandinavisk | Svarende til at gå op ad en trappe |
| 2 | Skandinavisk | Hænderne tages i brug |
| 3 | Skandinavisk | Mange gode greb, som kan anvendes på forskellige måder. |
| 4 | Skandinavisk | Valgmulighedderne bliver færre, men der er fortsat gode greb. Balance og styrke kan blive sat på prøve. |
| 4+ | Skandinavisk | |
| 5- | Skandinavisk | |
| 5 | Skandinavisk | Afhængig af at finde de rigtige greb, som kan være små og stille krav til finger styrke. Du begynder at få følelsen at gøre det umulige muligt |
| 5+ | Skandinavisk | |
| 6- | Skandinavisk | |
| 6 | Skandinavisk | Helt afhængig af at finde de rette greb. Rigtig balance og fingerstyrke er et krav. Dynamiske bevægelser er ofte nødvendige. |
| 6+ | Skandinavisk | |
| 7- | Skandinavisk | |
| 7 | Skandinavisk | Yderst begrænset udvalg af greb. Kræver stor fingerstyrke, god balance og dynamiske bevægelser. Kræver regelmæssig træning. |
| 7+ | Skandinavisk | |
| 8- | Skandinavisk | |
| 8 | Skandinavisk | Endnu mere vedvarende end 7. Stiller krav til akrobatiske færdighedder. Du både træner og lever som en elite idrætsudøver. |
| 8+ | Skandinavisk | |
| 9- | Skandinavisk | |
| 9 | Skandinavisk | Kun få personer klarer det |