Stop Grade Chasing - Chase Stars Instead

We're told not to chase grades... but what should we focus on as we strive to improve? I have a theory... Star Quality of climbs must increase as the difficulty of the climbs increase. We'll see if my Theory winds up true.
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[@dannyholley]

This is a great concept! Really appreciate the video... subscribed!

[@RealWorldClimbing]

Thank you! I am glad it was helpful! Thanks for joining the Real World Climbers!

[@Wuchta_art]

When i fall off the top hold i definitely see stars

[@RealWorldClimbing]

That is hilarious!

[@Andrew_Climbs]

Great video!

[@RealWorldClimbing]

Thanks a ton!

[@ryanbernardoni6099]

I think the problem here is that star ratings are going to carry a major bias in that the people assigning the star-ratings are generally going to be higher grade climbers who hold a different context for what the lower graded climbs are meant to be and so bucket them all as lower-quality climbs.
I'm an inexperienced indoor climber who only does it as an activity to do with my kid. However, I'm going to have much stronger opinions on what the good/bad V0-3 boulders in my gym are than the V7-9 climbers who just use them as a warm-up. Realistically, those higher grade climbers are who would be more likely to be giving star-grades to climbs, though. If you were to take me and some other climbers of similar level out and have us climb all the outdoor V0 boulders around and then give them all star grades I bet it would significantly increase the star quality of those grades in aggregate, as we would be more likely to have favorites within the context of those boulders.
That star levels increase as climbing grades increase is an indictment of star levels as a system. For stars to be meaningful and differentiated from climbing grades, they would need to be relatively evenly distributed across the grades and contextual to their grades. Otherwise, how are they any different than climbing grades to begin with?

[@RealWorldClimbing]

I can see from that perspective as well. Especially from the physical guidebooks. Online resources like Mountain Project have more of a user quality rating, however. Also, I can see that the traffic/wear on the lower graded routes might detract from their perceived quality, while the higher grades are receiving lower volume of traffic and might tend to keep longer.

[@undaware]

Another perk of harder climbing for me is that harder routes are generally steeper and therefore safer.

[@RealWorldClimbing]

True. I can see that as well.

[@senorblondie]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Concept

[@RealWorldClimbing]

Thanks.