Walking and Climbing

Yeah all these colours can be confusing. The last time i did Agags Groove on the Beauchaille, someone had repainted the holds. The ocean blue holds were very similar to the sky blue holds on nearby January Jigsaw. I'm sure i was climbing both routes combined.

I hope someone repaints them in a neutral 'stone' colour so there is no room for error!

Scoff if you like but it's a problem I can sympathise with. The colour coding of routes is a serious problem in my local wall - worst offenders are grey/black/beige/yellow that all manage to end up looking like chalky off-white  with a smattering of black shoe rubber from above!

Although (IMO) the wall/facilities needed some TLC, the best I've seen was at Undercover Rock in Bristol where they had added high contrast spots to bright coloured holds - say fluro orange on black or fuscia on yellow.

John

its the blue - green - mint variations that get me...

And the orange - red - crimson...

Grey - White - chalky black... 

Liverpool's Awesome walls are on about a 4 month rotation, so its not to bad and on the bouldering all routes one grade are one colourso no excuses there!

That said I have a friend with a suspiciously variable red-green colourblindness!

Paul