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Grading on a Curve

Name: Grading on a Curve
Rating: 2.7

5.11a/b YDS 6c French 23 Ewbanks VIII- UIAA 23 ZA E3 5c British

Routes in Higher Education Ridge, West Face

L › R R › L A › Z

	Academia Nut T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Basic Aeronautics S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Big Man On Campus S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Chris Cranks a Co-ed T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Critical Reasoning S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Dr. Luval Goes to Harvard T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Dweeb, The T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Egghead S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Frat Boy S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Friends in Low Places T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Full Ride S 5.13a 7c+ 29 IX+ 29 E6 6c
	Grading on a Curve T 5.11a/b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Graduate, The S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Lycra at its Limit T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Mr. B Cranks a Feces T 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Ms. Luval Cranks a Thesis T 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a R
	Order of Operations S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Orientation S 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
	Party Girl S 5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Physics of Flight T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Pop Quiz S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Professor, The S 5.12c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Reading Comprehension S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Shyster U T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Too Far to Travel T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Trail of Tiers T 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Tuition Hike T 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Vocational Training S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a

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Type:	Trad, 90 ft (27 m)
FA:	JS, John Fowler, May 2017
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Shared By:	John Steiger on Jul 4, 2017
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Grading on a Curve is the longest route on Higher Education Ridge, and if it weren’t for an easy section in the middle and some suspect rock at top, would warrant three stars. (Yeah, I gave it three stars so you might consider trying it.) Climb Academia Nut’s hand crack to its top then stretch right to clip the first bolt. Puzzle through the moves (there’s a reason the bolt is where it is) to get established at the right edge of an obvious horizontal crack, get in a good cam, then climb more or less straight up past 8 more bolts to the top of the ridge. The horizontal crack sometimes seeps and may be frequented by wasps, but other than using it for pro, it is completely avoided -- at least if you do it the "right" way.