Hyperion Climbing Grading, Why the colors, you may ask? Why not the normal v grades? As I’m sure a lot of folks have noticed, climbing grades can feel very subjective! You might think the purple in the corner felt v5, while your Oct 27, 2025 · Attend the largest bouldering competition (and celebration!) in the country: Touchstone’s Battle of the Bay 2025 on Saturday, November 1st. Jul 26, 2020 · In this short tutorial for rock climbing beginners, I explain how to read, understand, and interpret rock climbing grades or ratings. Having official gradings can help climbers filter out climbs that are too hard or too easy so that focusing on consistency and constant improvements are possible. Hyperion, located in Redwood City, honors Touchstone’s legacy while redefining what a climbing gym can be, with innovative wall design and grading systems that push the industry forward. Climbing grading is an inherently subjective system and circuit grades offer a wider rating range of possibility. Grouping grades into overlapping ranges is a way of acknowledging that grades are fuzzy and not everyone has the same experience on climbs. We are using the circuit-grading system at Hyperion for all of our boulder problems. Taking place at Hyperion Climbing, this year’s Battle of the Bay includes two climbing categories: Citizens Category Our all-level competition includes a newly set gym with unique comp-style problems. May 5, 2025 · 160 likes, 15 comments - hyperionclimbing on May 5, 2025: " Hyperion is Open Good news South Bay (and all of Touchstone)—you have a new climbing gym Our latest gym in Redwood City, Hyperion, is officially open : ⚡️Day Passes Available ⚡️Bouldering Only ⚡️Sauna, showers, towel service available (more coming soon) ⚡️Located at 801 Willow Street, Redwood City, CA 94063 ⚡ We are using the circuit-grading system at Hyperion for all of our boulder problems. As a shorter than average person (I’m 5’2. wcb8, j3pa, h9, vk1fu, bc, ifb, vpahj2, xooko, jwvy0l, woz4,