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  2. Grade (climbing) - Wikipedia

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    NCCS Grade IV: "A full day of technical climbing". [25] [26] Often listed as "a full day". [36] NCCS Grade V: "Typically requires an overnight on the route, or done fast and free in a day". [25] [26] Grade V is often listed as "one very long day of climbing, or two full days of climbing". [36] NCCS Grade VI: "Two or more days of hard climbing".

  3. Glossary of climbing terms - Wikipedia

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    A A-grade Also aid climbing grade. The technical difficulty grading system for aid climbing (both for "original" and an adapted version for "new wave"), which goes: A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 and up to A6 (for "new wave"). See C-grade. Abalakov thread Abalakov thread Also V-thread. A type of anchor used in abseiling especially in winter and in ice climbing. ABD Also assisted braking device. A term ...

  4. Grade (slope) - Wikipedia

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    This means that for every 4 units (feet or metres) of horizontal distance there is a 1 unit (foot or metre) vertical change either up or down." [3] Any of these may be used. Grade is usually expressed as a percentage - converted to the angle α by taking the inverse tangent of the standard mathematical slope, which is rise / run or the grade ...

  5. List of steepest gradients on adhesion railways - Wikipedia

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    (4.5%) Balsam Mountain Grade, Balsam N.C. Balsam Mountain, home of highest railroad station east of the Rockies; average grade about 4.0%, max 4.5%. 1 of 2 grades on southern railways former Murphy branch that are +4% grade. Balsam Mountain has seen many runaways. It is still in service operated by the Blue Ridge Southern Railroad .

  6. The Nose (El Capitan) - Wikipedia

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    After removing the piton she re-climbed the route from the ground. After four days of climbing, Hill reached the summit, making her the first person to free climb The Nose. A year later, Hill returned to free climb The Nose in a day, this time reaching the summit in just 23 hours and setting a new standard for free climbing on "El Cap." [10]

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  8. Hillclimbing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Eagle Rock Hill Climb is the oldest recorded official hill climb ever run in the United States. Started in 1901 in what was then West Orange, New Jersey, the first race was organized by none other than Willam K. Vanderbilt Jr. It lasted for several years until safety concerns by public officials closed it down in 1906.

  9. TerraNova (test) - Wikipedia

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    The test series is published by CTB/McGraw-Hill. On June 30, 2015 McGraw-Hill Education announced that Data Recognition Corporation (DRC) had agreed to acquire "key assets" of the CTB/McGraw-Hill assessment business. [2] TerraNova was created with an update in 1996 CTB to the California Achievement Tests and the California Tests of Basic Skills ...