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{
"crags": [
{
"name": "Red River Gorge",
"location": "Lexington, KY",
"route": [
{
"grade": "7a+",
"index": "1628",
"ascents": [
{
"date": "2010-11-07",
"stars": "0",
"comment": "",
"crag": "Red River Gorge / Drive By",
"route_name": "Check Your Grip",
"color_box_thing": "http://www.8a.nu/scorecard/images/2_square.gif",
"grade": "7b",
"climber": "Jim Maierhofer"
},
{
"date": "2001-10-20",
"stars": "2",
"comment": "",
"crag": "Red River Gorge / Drive By",
"route_name": "Check Your Grip",
"color_box_thing": "http://www.8a.nu/scorecard/images/3_square.gif",
"grade": "7a+",
"climber": "Daniel Martian"
},
{
"date": "2001-10-11",
"stars": "0",
"comment": "",
"crag": "Red River Gorge / Drive By",
"route_name": "Check Your Grip",
"color_box_thing": "http://www.8a.nu/scorecard/images/1_square.gif",
"grade": "7a+",
"climber": "Adam Reeve"
},
{
"date": "2001-10-11",
"stars": "0",
"comment": "",
"crag": "Red River Gorge / Drive By",
"route_name": "Check Your Grip",
"color_box_thing": "http://www.8a.nu/scorecard/images/3_square.gif",
"grade": "7a+",
"climber": "Joe Hedge"
},
{
"date": "2002-10-18",
"stars": "3",
"comment": "Fun",
"crag": "Red River Gorge / Drive By",
"route_name": "Check Your Grip",
"color_box_thing": "http://www.8a.nu/scorecard/images/3_square.gif",
"grade": "7a+",
"climber": "User Deactivated"
},
{
"date": "2002-10-01",
"stars": "3",
"comment": "",
"crag": "Red River Gorge / Drive By",
"route_name": "Check Your Grip",
"color_box_thing": "http://www.8a.nu/scorecard/images/1_square.gif",
"grade": "7a+",
"climber": "Ric Severence"
},
{
"date": "2002-10-12",
"stars": "3",
"comment": "",
"crag": "Red River Gorge / Drive By",
"route_name": "Check Your Grip",
"color_box_thing": "http://www.8a.nu/scorecard/images/2_square.gif",
"grade": "7a+",
"climber": "Eric Shin"
},
{
"date": "2007-10-12",
"stars": "3",
"comment": "Soft Great movement with good rests.",
"crag": "Red River Gorge / Drive By",
"route_name": "Check Your Grip",
"color_box_thing": "http://www.8a.nu/scorecard/images/3_square.gif",
"grade": "7a+",
"climber": "Luke Stefurak"
},
{
"date": "2002-10-17",
"stars": "3",
"comment": "",
"crag": "Red River Gorge / Drive By",
"route_name": "Check Your Grip",
"color_box_thing": "http://www.8a.nu/scorecard/images/2_square.gif",
"grade": "7a+",
"climber": "Dan Meyers"
},
{
"date": "2003-11-23",
"stars": "0",
"comment": "",
"crag": "Red River Gorge",
"route_name": "Check Your Grip",
"color_box_thing": "http://www.8a.nu/scorecard/images/1_square.gif",
"grade": "7a+",
"climber": "Mike Wohner"
},
{
"date": "2003-04-01",
"stars": "2",
"comment": "",
"crag": "Red River Gorge / Drive By",
"route_name": "Check Your Grip",
"color_box_thing": "http://www.8a.nu/scorecard/images/1_square.gif",
"grade": "7a+",
"climber": "Adrian Paredes"
},
{
"date": "2004-04-01",
"stars": "3",
"comment": "",
"crag": "Red River Gorge / Drive By",
"route_name": "Check Your Grip",
"color_box_thing": "http://www.8a.nu/scorecard/images/1_square.gif",
"grade": "7a+",
"climber": "Simon Brunette"
},
{
"date": "2003-10-08",
"stars": "0",
"comment": "",
"crag": "Red River Gorge / Drive By",
"route_name": "Check Your Grip",
"color_box_thing": "http://www.8a.nu/scorecard/images/1_square.gif",
"grade": "7a+",
"climber": "Lorainne Quiche"
},
{
"date": "2004-10-01",
"stars": "3",
"comment": "",
"crag": "Red River Gorge / Drive By",
"route_name": "Check Your Grip",
"color_box_thing": "http://www.8a.nu/scorecard/images/2_square.gif",
"grade": "7a+",
"climber": "Shannon\"lockem'down Lamb"
},
{
"date": "2002-10-12",
"stars": "0",
"comment": "",
"crag": "Red River Gorge / Drive By",
"route_name": "Check Your Grip",
"color_box_thing": "http://www.8a.nu/scorecard/images/3_square.gif",
"grade": "7a+",
"climber": "Anonymous"
},
{
"date": "2005-05-28",
"stars": "3",
"comment": "",
"crag": "Red River Gorge / Drive By",
"route_name": "Check Your Grip",
"color_box_thing": "http://www.8a.nu/scorecard/images/3_square.gif",
"grade": "7a+",
"climber": "Kyle Fisher"
},
Heatmap
Crag location --> Map
"Softness" (deviation from assigned grade) --> hue
Crag popularity --> opacity
Hover: histogram of grades for area
![](http://imgs.sfgate.com/blogs/images/sfgate/techchron/2010/05/24/HeatMap623x348.jpg)
a "heat" "map"
It appears that there is a lot of climbing in the cities
It also appears that the cities are soft
Rock Scrapers
By Gabe Joseph
Rock Scrapers
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