climbing route
Let an agent explain climbing routes and their kinds and grading, support finding and interpreting route information, relay safety and access guidance, and describe route development and ethics.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What a route is.
Kinds
Kinds and styles.
Kinds
Kinds.
- How do sport, traditional, aid, big wall, alpine and deep-water solo routes differ in protection and style? definition
- Which entry fits a specific route? action
Grades
Grading.
Grades
Grading.
- How do grading systems such as French, YDS, UIAA and bouldering scales work and compare? provenance
- How reliable are grade conversions? boundary
Climb Climbing a route.
Info
Route information.
Info
Information.
- What does a route description contain, and where are guidebooks and databases found? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific area? action
Safety
Safety.
Safety
Safety.
- What safety practices, equipment checks and weather considerations apply, according to climbing bodies? provenance
- Is an accident happening now, requiring rescue services? boundary
Develop Route development and access.
Development
Developing routes.
Development
Development.
- How are new routes established and bolted, and what ethics govern first ascents and retro-bolting? provenance
- Which entry fits climbing ethics? action
Access
Access and conservation.
Access
Access.
- Which access rules, seasonal closures and conservation measures apply at this crag? provenance
- Which organisations manage access? provenance
Learn History and teaching.
History
Famous routes.
History
History.
- Which routes are historically notable, and how did route climbing develop? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How is route reading taught to new climbers? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.BLT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Normal route, sport climbing route, aid climbing route, big wall climbing route, traditional climbing route, deep-water solo route, alpine climbing route, Mount Kilimanjaro climbing routes, bouldering problem
What it is Filled
A defined path up a rock face, mountain or artificial wall followed by climbers, described by its line, length, grade and style, in kinds such as sport routes with fixed bolts, traditional routes protected by removable gear, aid routes, big wall routes, deep-water solo routes and the normal route up a mountain; climbing routes are documented in guidebooks and databases, graded on regional scales, and subject to access and conservation rules.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain climbing routes and their kinds and grading, support finding and interpreting route information, relay safety and access guidance, and describe route development and ethics.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Defined line
- Grade
- Protection style
- Documented
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Encourage climbers onto routes beyond their stated ability.
- Present bolt or anchor condition as safe without recent inspection.
- Direct climbers to areas closed for nesting birds or by landowners.
- Add or remove fixed gear without the agreement of the climbing community and landowner.
Only with a human decision
- Rebolting or changing a route.
May
- Describe climbing routes with grade, length, style and known hazards from guidebook sources.
- Relay access rules and seasonal closures.
Moral aspects Filled
- Wrong route information can lead to fatal falls.
- Access depends on climbers respecting landowners and wildlife.
Who is affected
- Climbers
- Landowners
- Nesting wildlife
Owners Filled
Steward
The landowner; route information is kept by climbing communities.
Master systems
- Climbing route databases
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q83620 - registry parent class
related
- thoroughfare - category
- mountain - terrain of routes
- athletics - another sport entry
- tripoint - summits on boundaries
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.climbing-route
- Wikidata: Q1699583 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1699583)
Direct properties required Filled
- Route length: m - Length is measured along the climbing line and can differ substantially from vertical height.
- Elevation gain: m - Elevation gain is determined from the height difference between the route start and finish.
- Local wall inclination: degrees - Inclination is measured relative to a stated horizontal or vertical reference at specified locations along the route.
- Pitch count: count - Pitch count is established from the climbing sections between successive belay stations in the documented route description.
Recognition required Filled
- Defined climbing line
- Graded and documented
- A hiking trail is walked; a via ferrata has fixed cables and rungs
- A line up a rock face, marked in guidebooks and sometimes by bolts.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain kinds and grading
- support route information
- relay safety and access guidance
- describe development and ethics
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Falls and equipment failure
- Rockfall and weather
- Access loss from misuse
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Grading systems by region
- Access agreements and land rules
- Bolting and route development ethics
Context of use required Filled
- Defined paths for climbing.
- sport climbing routes
- traditional climbing routes
- aid and big wall routes
- alpine and normal routes
- bouldering problems and deep-water solo routes
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q1699583: climbing route - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Climbing route - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each notable route be a separate entry?
- How should route databases be linked?
- How should access rules be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q1699583/spec.json