Grade of Hypothetical Crack Climb

This may be a strange question, but humor me.  

If you have a hypothetical pure crack climb that is a splitter perfect hands crack, 90 degrees vertical, that must be climbed 100% in the crack, what difficulty/grade would you say it is?  

5.9 most places. 5.10 at Indian Creek. 

5.7

Bowens wrote:

If you have a hypothetical pure crack climb that is a splitter perfect hands crack, 90 degrees vertical, that must be climbed 100% in the crack, what difficulty/grade would you say it is?  

Whatever the guide book says it is.

Mark Waterous wrote:

Whatever the guide book says it is.

There's no guidebook for hypothetical climbs.

Creed A wrote:

5.9 most places. 5.10 at Indian Creek. 

Maybe you're joking, and certainly you're trolling, but I'll bite.  I can think of plenty of 5.9s at the Creek that are way more involved and tricky than the climb described by the OP that are rated 5.9.  Can you give an example of a 5.10 at the Creek that's that straightforward?

Anyway...

My answer:  5.9-

GO

Bowens wrote:

There's no guidebook for hypothetical climbs.

Darnit, I meant to say hypothetical guidebook.

I'm going to go with C.

How long is this crack? 10 feet? 60 meters?

Mark Waterous wrote:

Darnit, I meant to say hypothetical guidebook.

That's a different story, then.  The hypothetical guidebook gives it a hypothetical grade of [insert grade here].  

Nick Sweeney wrote:

How long is this crack? 10 feet? 60 meters?

Let's say 20 meters.  

Edit: Let's also say it's in a gym (because it is).  

20 meters? 5.9. Add a bit of overhang, or wide or thin, you get into 5.10 territory. Less than 20 meters of 90 degrees, 5.8 or 5.7, depending on how short the steepest part is

Bowens wrote:

Let's say 20 meters.  

Edit: Let's also say it's in a gym (because it is).  

We've got a similar crack at our gym, but it's snug hands for me at the bottom, and opens up to loose hands at the top.  They call it 5.9.  I'd say that's probably correct, 5.8 for difficulty and then +1 grade for the Hepatitis C.

5.9X - Made of very soft desert sandstone thus rendering the hypothetical crack protectable with only mental pro

Bowens wrote:

This may be a strange question, but humor me.  

If you have a hypothetical pure crack climb that is a splitter perfect hands crack, 90 degrees vertical, that must be climbed 100% in the crack, what difficulty/grade would you say it is?  

5.hypothetical

5.8.

Addem Bursh wrote:

We've got a similar crack at our gym, but it's snug hands for me at the bottom, and opens up to loose hands at the top.  They call it 5.9.  I'd say that's probably correct, 5.8 for difficulty and then +1 grade for the Hepatitis C.

Vertical Hold or Mesa Rim?  If I am vaccinated does that mean it's just 5.8?

Bowens wrote:

Let's say 20 meters.  

Edit: Let's also say it's in a gym (because it is).  

Well if it's in a gym, who cares?

Nick Sweeney wrote:

Well if it's in a gym, who cares?

because maybe someone wants to know how it would compare to a climb outside? Thats what grades are for, to be able to compare route difficulty. Oh right, ratings are to stoke ones ego, I forgot

Creed A wrote:

5.9 most places. 5.10 at Indian Creek. 

This is the end of the thread, right here.  Case closed.

Nick Sweeney wrote:

Well if it's in a gym, who cares?

Didn't I just see you at Wild Walls? Yep. Pretty sure I saw you.