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Marco A. Sánchez
(marcoasn) - M

Locale: The fabulous Pyrenees
Brush rating on 03/09/2010 04:59:08 MST Print View

On some trip reports and guides I have seen references to a brush rating (something like brush rating class III). Googling the term I have found the “Cascade Brush and Bushwhack Rating System”. Is this some sort of “standard”?

I annotate my maps with informal descriptions about the terrain, and I think it would be useful to use standard ratings for sharing these notes with others.
Roger Caffin
(rcaffin) - BPL Staff - MLife

Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe
Re: Brush rating on 03/09/2010 16:40:15 MST Print View

The really wonderful thing about Standards is that there are so many of them to choose from, and if you don't like any of them you can make up your own.

Variously attributed to IBM, Microsoft, ...

Cheers
Ken Thompson
(kthompson) - MLife

Locale: Eel River Valley
Brush rating on 03/09/2010 18:35:52 MST Print View

I've never seen that mentioned in any U.S. guidebooks.
Tom Kirchner
(ouzel) - MLife

Locale: Pacific Northwest/Sierra
Re: Brush rating on 03/09/2010 18:46:27 MST Print View

"I've never seen that mentioned in any U.S. guidebooks."

Me either. Nice idea, though.
Franco Darioli
(Franco) - M

Locale: Melbourne
Brush rating on 03/09/2010 19:00:14 MST Print View

This ?
http://www.alpenglow.org/themes/subalpine/brush-ratings.html
Travis Leanna
(T.L.) - MLife

Locale: Wisconsin
Re: Brush rating on 03/09/2010 19:15:40 MST Print View

Hmmmm,
BW5 sounds like conditions when arguing with my ex.....
Marco A. Sánchez
(marcoasn) - M

Locale: The fabulous Pyrenees
Re: Brush rating on 03/10/2010 05:26:35 MST Print View

I have seen the brush rating in a few reports and guides, but I think it’s an interesting idea…

@Franco: Yes, this is the web page that I found.