Is it to do with ability though?
Sure ability brings confidence and that helps designate which zone you will be in, but ability alone will not decide it. Other factors such as prior knowledge, anticipation and prior experience (both good and bad!) will also have an effect.
What I am basically saying is that just because someone is a good climber, it doesn't mean that they are going to be a good scrambler - they might have had a bad experience scrambling without ropes which means that they might be in panic when faced with a Grade 1 scramble.
I once had a fellow - and we were doing "trust falls". He was a top end climber, been a RAF under 25 champ, but had taken a fall (which was arrested by the rope and belayer with no injuries at all) but it had shacken him so much that he couldn't (a) climb onto the platform and (b) when he did he just couldn't bring himself to fall back onto the waiting arms of his team mates. This guy had done crazy e-godknows what routes but he was now in bits when standing on a platform just 4 foot up...
I dunno if this means anything other than we are all different, and that should be remembered when reading guidebooks and talking to others in the pub (or on the forum) over what routes are good and suitable for others.
Sorry, serious mode <OFF> back to the stupidity.
