The grind letter is a caption. The tick is the survey.

We put a gauge on the sole and a number on the datum sheet. If they disagree, the sheet wins. Olympia rain is hard on stickers anyway.

Bram walks the chain from the highest scoring head down. Collisions get a brass tick. Empty elevations get a question, not an automatic grind. A question that stays unanswered does not become a sale.