New via-ferrata grading (Hüsler)


Published by Stani™, 28 June 2023, 22h33. This page has been displayed 215 times.

Salut!

By popular demand we replaced the via-ferrata scale from French scale to "K" scale used by SAC-CAS  (aka Hüsler scale) see here.

The mapping from the old to the new scale is pretty direct

L/F -> K1
WS/PD -> K2
ZS/AD -> K3
S/D -> K4
SS/TD - > K5
ED(didn't exist) -> K6

You can see the result here

The documentation pages are also updated. Unfortunately there is no Italian translation on the SAC website, not sure why?

Please let me know if everything is correct! If it's not correct we can always modify it or change back how it was before.

Also, if you know a good comparison between scales of different countries, to would like to add that in the documentation.

EDIT Changed it so "K" scale will be used for all interface languages except Italian and French, in which case old scale will be used. And on the page of the report it will always show both scales 

Thanks to georgb and kopfsalat for the help!



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georgb says:
Sent 28 June 2023, 22h52
This is the link you wanted to attach!?

georgb says:
Sent 28 June 2023, 22h53
Here is a good comparison!

Stani™ says: RE:
Sent 28 June 2023, 22h58
So in Italy they use the scale we had before? Nice.
That's why there's no Italian translation on the SAC website

What's the best thing to do with the Italian version now?

kopfsalat says: RE:
Sent 29 June 2023, 10h18
here is the link to the Italian version:

https://www.sac-cas.ch/fileadmin/Ausbildung_und_Wissen/Sicher_unterwegs/Sicher_unterwegs_Klettersteig/2020_Scala_di_difficolt%C3%A0_delle_vie_ferrate.pdf

georgb says: RE:
Sent 29 June 2023, 10h45
Bravo Dani!!!

Stani™ says: RE:
Sent 29 June 2023, 11h07
Merci! Mais comment tu l'as trouvé? Peur-être je suis devenu aveugle, mais je ne la trouve pas sur leur page

georgb says: RE:
Sent 29 June 2023, 12h24
formazione e sicurezza>sicuri in cammino>sicuri sulla via ferrata>importanti strumenti!
Nascosto, ma si trova ;-)

kopfsalat says: RE:
Sent 29 June 2023, 12h33

kopfsalat says: RE:
Sent 29 June 2023, 10h21

kopfsalat says:
Sent 29 June 2023, 10h16
A good example for the inadequacy of descriptive scales.

what's K9 going to be? "extremster schwieriger"
K10 "noch exstremster schwieriger"
K11 "noch noch extremster schwieriger"
...

georgb says:
Sent 29 June 2023, 10h51
Nach oben offen, bei der Kletterskala sind wir ja auch inzwischen bei XII angelangt!?

kopfsalat says: RE:
Sent 29 June 2023, 11h07
eben deshalb meine ich ja, dass das deskriptive Anhängsel weggelassen werden sollte.

Mittlerweile hat dies sogar der SAC gemerkt, wenn auch nur ganz zaghaft und vermutlich gegen starken Widerstand der Traditionalisten.

kopfsalat says:
Sent 29 June 2023, 10h35
I think the delay of the Italian and English versions is due to the SAC not wanting to use Google-Translate.

Stani™ says:
Sent 29 June 2023, 18h47
EDIT Changed it so "K" scale will be used for all interface languages except Italian and French, in which case old scale will be used. And on the page of the report it will always show both scales

georgb says:
Sent 8 July 2023, 09h21
It would be useful to show the comparison scale directly on the documentation page, so you can easily switch from Schall to Hüsler to French and Italian!?
Saluti Georg


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