These are Start Buttons. (I am still unsure of the logical color progression here, representing easy to hard. Cyan, Blue and Purple are too closely related.)
This system is a representation of the Yosemite Decimal System. Green represents 5.8, cyan 5.9, blue 5.10 and so on. The system is meant to have meaning to a user with no experience and then grow with the user based on three levels of information. A seasoned climber will appreciate the level of detail the system allows, giving ability track his or her climbing progress at the gym.
The first and most intuitive communicator is Color. Next is the representation of the YDS, expressed by the embossed numerical figure, 8, 9, 10, etc. Lastly is the grade of either a,b,c, and d, (also used by the YDS) giving 4 grades of difficulty with in each numerical figure. Thus, 10a, 10b, 10c, etc.
User Interaction
Dan, your average climber comes to the gym once a month.
He walks to a route, drawn to the route by the color. Standing before a blue route, he hits the button, "a" illuminates, and the entire route above him does as well. He stands back and analyzes the course. He decides for a variation, looking for something a bit harder. He hits the button again, the route path changes along with "b" being illuminated. He likes what he sees and swipes his RFID tag given to him by the gym and begins to climb. Once finished he slaps out at the top, by hitting a similar shaped button, turning the route LEDs off.
All the while, his personal information on the rock climbing gym's server is updating, keeping track of what Dan attempted, completed, and how long he took on each route. He will be able to review this information through the gyms website, track his progress, and be able to climb with other similarly experienced climbers as himself.
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