100 Best Bolders

[zirc]

i'm pretty upset that ice pond didn't dominate the entire list. not gonna lie.

[Mr. Natural]

Extremely odd that they would put Zig Zag on the list while neglecting Mount Woodson entirely.

[thulsadoom]

nothing from Rhode Island should be on that list.

[efff]

especially not Try Again. There are a lot of better problems in RI...

[Lox]

I think the real issue is the lack of limestone. I think there are a couple, but there should be many, many more.

[600#gorilla]

why don't we come up with our own 100?

[Ikefromla]

It's true that it would be a better list.

[slim]

I think the real issue is the lack of limestone. I think there are a couple, but there should be many, many more.

Thats because limestone is a lesser stone.

[efff]

why don't we come up with our own 100?

this is a good idea in concept, but the foundation of b.com is based on slackerism so the effort involved is way beyond anyone here...

[600#gorilla]

why don't we come up with our own 100?

this is a good idea in concept, but the foundation of b.com is based on slackerism so the effort involved is way beyond anyone here...

bullshit. we can easily come up with our own personal favorites and then whittle the list down from there. what are the problems you'd be psyched to turn a friend on to?

rules are you have to have actually climbed the problems you nominate (duh).

what are the best 25 problems you have climbed anywhere?


in no particular order:


1)Tequila Sunset (sit), LCC, V4

2)Tom's Problem, LCC, V5

3)Jim, LCC, V4

4)Big Man On Campus, LCC, V3

5)Twisted, LCC, V4

6)Surfboard/Double Arete, LCC, V3

7)Smiley Right, LCC, V4

8)Slabdyno, LCC, V4

9)Worms Traverse, LCC, V5

10)Green Face, LCC, V0

11)Everybody's Bolder Problem, LCC, V3

12)Golden, Triassic, V1

13)My Arete, Triassic, V4

14)Hammerhead, Triassic, V5

15)Lemon Drop, Triassic, V4

16)Better than Coffee, Joe's Valley, V4

17)Spam, Joe's Valley, V7 (V5?)

18)Walrus, Joe's Valley, V5

19)Rug Rat, Joe's Valley, V5

20)American Freedom Association, Joe's Valley, V2

21)Slay Ride, Hueco Tanks, V2

22)Stinkfoot, Hueco Tanks, V0

23)T-Bone Shuffle, Hueco Tanks, V4

24)Ghetto Simulator, Hueco Tanks, V2

25)Right Side Overhang (warm up boulder), LCC, V5

[600#gorilla]

oh shit!

i forgot Feck, LCC, V4.

[efff]

Junkyard Dog, V6, CT

Leap Frog, V7, Lincoln Woods

Gill Egg, V4, Gunks

The Pearl, V4, Red Rocks

Overlooked, V4, Pway

Chronic, V5, Farley

Warhawk, V5, Lincoln Woods

Lightning Blade, V1, Peter's Kill

Tom Sawyer, V7, Milford, MA

The Nose Arrow, V7, Gilbert Hills, MA

Earth Mover, V6, Lincoln Woods

Sit to Straight Again, V9, Lincoln Woods

Ghetto Simulator, V2, Hueco

[Ikefromla]

I grew up climbing in Vegas, yet no problems in Red Rocks make my list ... probably because I haven't sent Fear of the Black Hat, Wet Dream, or Abbadon. Didn't include much from Bishop either, as I haven't done the problems that I think are best there either. This list is in no particular order and is based only on my personal experience, but definitely these are all world-class problems.

1. Full Service, Hueco, 10 pts
2. Fight or Flight, Hueco, 4 pts
3. Moonshine Roof, Hueco, 4 pts
4. Dragonfly, Hueco, 5 pts
5. El Pasitos, Hueco, 8 pts
6. Babyface, Hueco, 7 pts
7. Soulsnatch, Black Mt, 8 pts
8. Try Harder, Hueco, 9 pts
9. Brass Knuckles, Horseshoe Canyon Ranch, 9 pts
10. The Receptionist, Priest Draw, from what I understand there are no grades in Flag
11. Beowulf, Black Mt, 11 pts
12. Ex-Patriot, Black Mt, 11 pts
13. Tour de France SDS, Black Mt, 10 pts
14. Xavier's Roof, Buttermilks, 10 pts
15. Big Greenie, Black Mt, 1 pt and better than most problems out there
16. Crash Dummy, Hueco, 7 pts
17. Blood Lust, Somewhere secret in Arkansas, 8 pts
18. See Spot Run, Hueco, 6 pts
19. The Hulk, Crappy Boulders ... I mean Happies, 6 pts, despite being a constant shit show, it's a great problem on center stage
20. Nobody Here Gets Out Alive ... or is it Nobody Gets Out of Here Alive?? Hueco, 2 pts. Yes I actually believe this is one of the best problems, suck it.
21. Anorexic, Priest Draw, 6 pts
22. Where Boneheads Dare, Black Mt, 5 pts
23. Ghost Dog, Black Mt, 7 pts
24. Guns of Navarone, Hueco, 6 pts
25. Velvet Revolver SDS, Black Mt, 8 pts

Suggestions only, but some of these deserve inclusion for sure.

[malachi]

In no order...

45 degree wall, Hueco
Thriller, Yosemite
High Plains Drifter, Buttermilks
Checkerboard, Buttermilks
Try Again, Lincoln Woods
Strength in Numbers, Sad Boulders
Left El Murray SDS, Hueco
The Spoon, Castle Rock
Junkyard Dog, Bradley
Germ Free Adolescence, Eldo
Colin's Arete, Crystal Ridge
Heavenly Path, Happy Boulders
Twisted, LCC
Trent's Mom, Joe's
The Seam, Tuolumne
Planet X, Joshua Tree
Pinch Route, Horsetooth
The Receptionist, Priest Draw
Morning Dove White, Happy Boulders
Jedi Mind Tricks, Buttermilks
Golden Rastafarian SDS, Tuolumne
Wills Afire, Joe's
Centerpiece, Buffalo Park
King Cobra, Yosemite

[VTP]

I think the real issue is the lack of limestone. I think there are a couple, but there should be many, many more.

Thats because limestone is a lesser stone.

PFFFFFFFFF. a slab climber says what?

[Lox]

Oooooh BURN.

Called out.

[slim]

LOL he's talking to me? I haven't touched a slab in many many years. Sandstone roofz FTW.

[Lox]

Dab.

Limestone roofz PWN ur choss son.

[slim]

Your naivety pleases me. Stay away.

[Lox]

The dude who claims limestone is "lesser stone" calls me naive?

This just gets better and better.