Safety on fixed-rope routes

EXTREME: An extremely difficult, vertical, and overhanging route, primarily equipped with only fixed ropes and/or chains; existing footholds are exclusively natural and there are very few fixed rungs or steps; a lot of physical strength, especially in the arms, is necessary, and without good climbing technique, the ascent could be exceptionally challenging.

VERY DIFFICULT: A route on very steep and complex rocks, without reliable footholds, requiring the overcoming of overhanging sections; equipped with metal ropes and/or chains and only occasionally with artificial steps or rungs, making it necessary to have considerable strength and physical endurance in any case.

DIFFICULT: A consistently vertical, very complex route with long exposed sections; equipped with metal ropes and/or chains and various metal fixtures that require significant physical effort, only minimally aided by the presence of support fixtures.

MODERATELY DIFFICULT: A more complex route featuring gullies and chimneys, vertical passages, and exposed sections; typically equipped with cables or chains, and various metal fixtures such as rungs and/or metal ladders fixed to partially improve or facilitate progression.

EASY: A well-equipped route, minimally exposed, along which metal structures such as cables and/or chains are fixed to improve and facilitate self-securing, as well as progression.