Recognition/Naming of a new route
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| RetardVeverca11. 04. 2012 01:46:37 |
Hi!
I'm interested in how a new route is recognized (especially combined alpine ones)? Who recognizes it and confirms the grade, is it the alpine commission or does a certain number of alpinists have to climb it and confirm the grade? Can you climb a new route and name it only if you're a registered alpinist or can anyone do it?
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| Zebdi11. 04. 2012 08:46:33 |
Hey,
As far as I know, anyone can climb, name and grade a new route, not just a registered alpinist. Take this "anyone" in the proper context; you still need certain alpinistic knowledge for such a feat. It's good to check with local experts if the line was perhaps climbed in the past. Then send to the Alpine Commission a description and sketch of the route with grade, climbing time, possible equipment..in short everything that goes with it - preferably also a photo of the wall with the line drawn in. The matter is usually also published in some media, e.g. Planinski vestnik, gore-ljudje portal, etc. No one officially confirms the grade, at least for harder routes repeaters also give their opinion, then a consensus forms 
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| RetardVeverca11. 04. 2012 21:14:49 |
Aha thanks for the info. I've been doing easier winter ascents in our and neighboring mountains for about a year, also climbing gullies, and noticed quite some nice routes (that by category are alpinistic routes) about which I haven't heard anyone climbed them (not mentioned in guidebooks, hribi.net, plezanje.net...) and was thinking if not soon maybe sometime in future do one of these ascents and would be nice to record it. Planning soon to join AO of some PD and do course and all there, but anyway out of curiosity wondered if could name and grade route even if not registered alpinist. Probably otherwise not smart, cause can't give credible grade without that much experience and knowledge, but anyway
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| jani bele12. 04. 2012 13:52:44 |
Hey guy, believe me, all that is easier winter ascents and gullies is already walked, climbed, skied, cramponed, snowshoed.... For some first ascent you'll have to really work hard.
Jani
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