Brick Wall Rating

Question

Hi I am a new boulderer and have climbed many difficult routes, or official ones for that matter. Currently when I am not able to go out the local region, I attempt to send the side of my house. The brick wall is about 6 or 7 moves, all closed crimp until the last move which is a jug. The grooves between the bricks are about 1/2 a centimeter wide. It is at a 90^o angle with the ground. There are holds everwhere because the bricks are only 5cm tall. I can post pictures on request. What do you think would be an appropriate rating for this route?

_{Sorry if this question is off topic, I haven't seen others like it closed on here and it doesn't seem to be against the rules}

Answer 1

Unlike others, I think the route is pretty well described. There's basically a lot of flat, useable feet and a lot of flat crimp holds that are roughly 1/2 cm thick on a 90-degree wall. I think the grade depends on an accurate measurement of the crimp width--the grade could change +/-1 V grade if the thickness changes just by a couple mm. It also could depend significantly on the roughness and texture of the brick surface.

But based on a 5 mm thick crimp (less than 1/4 of your finger pad), new brick, and assuming you can use any brick "hold", I would say a close grade would be V2/V3.

Answer 2

As I wrote above, it's hard to rate this wall.

But you can challenge yourself and mark some routes on the wall with colored tape, and then you can also see a progress in your climbing, or you can leave a given hold and try to go to the next, or do it dynamically, or use not all your fingers to hold.

I have a selfmade boulderwall in our house and that is how I marked my routes as well :)