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The valuation takes into account a lot of factors:

• The technical difficulty of the route
• The seriousness (length, quality of the rock...)
• The equipment (quality, serious passage...)
• The conditions (altitude...)

In Mountain

F :	Easy
PD :	Little Difficult
AD :	Quite Difficult
D :	Difficult
TD :	Very Difficult
ED :	Extremely Difficult
ADO :	Abominably Difficult

Comparative board from the difficulty ladders in climbing

FRANCE	USA	ENGLAND	GERMANY	UIAA	AUSTRALIA
1	5.2	moderate	I	I
2	5.3	difficult	II	II	11
3	5.4	very difficult	III	III	12
4	5.5 5.6	4a	IV	IV	12 13
5	5.6 5.75.8	4b 4c 5a	V VI VIIa VIIb	V- V V+ VI-	13 14 15 16 17
6a 6a+	5.9 5.10a 5.10b	5a 5b	VIIb VIIc	VI VI+	17 18 19
6b 6b+	5.10b 5.10c 5.10d	5b 5c	VIIc VIIIa VIIIb	VII- VII	19 20 21
6c 6c+	5.10d 5.11a 5.11b	5c 6a	VIIIc IXa	VII VII+ VIII-	22 23
7a 7a+	5.11b 5.11c 5.11d	6a 6b	IXa IXb IXc	VIII- VIII	23 24 25
7b 7b+	5.11d 5.12a 5.12b	6b	IXc Xa Xb	VIII VIII+IX-	25 26
7c 7c+	5.12c 5.12d 5.13a	6c	Xb Xc	IX- IX IX+	27 28
8a 8a+	5.13a 5.13b 5.13c 5.13d	6c 7a	Xc	IX+ X-	29 30 31
8b 8b+	5.13d	7a		X- X	31 32
8c	5.14a	7b		X+	33

Cotation and valuation ratio

TD	5 5c 6a 6a+ 6b
ED	6a+ 6b 6b+ 6c 6c+ 7a
ABO	6c 6c+ 7a 7a+ 7b 7b+ 7c
!!	7b 7b+ 7c 7c+ 8a 8a+ 8b

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