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mreardon
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The "Classic American Problem" got me thinking. We all have our favorite problems at the local spot. So name an area, and then what do you think is the classic problem there. It doesn't have to be the hardest, just the one you think most people have heard of:
Yosemite = "Midnight Lightning"
Tuolomne = "Kauk's Corner" "The Peach"
Joshua Tree = "White Rastafarian" "So High" "Planet X"
Buttermilks = "Mandala" "Powerman Traverse" "Evilution"
Stoney Point = "The Font" "Three Pigs" "Masters of Reality" "Expansion Chamber"
Horse Flats = "Sword of Damacles"
Now your turn....
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qacwac
Jan 1, 2003, 5:25 PM
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Rocktown, GA - The Scoop
I haven't done it yet, it's kind of a tall man problem
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alpnclmbr1
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Hueco Tanks
THE 45 DEGREE WALL
Sherman called it the best problem in the universe, to bad it is closed now
Full Service
The Feather
Horsetooth reservoir
Pinch Overhang (gill)
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curt
Jan 2, 2003, 9:54 PM
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Here are a few of my personal favorites:
Joshua Tree--Chili Sauce
Joshua Tree--Planet X
Joshua Tree--Gun Club
Joshua Tree--Saturday Night Live
Hueco Tanks--The El Murrays (all 3)
Hueco Tanks--Nachoman
Hueco Tanks--Mr. Serious
Hueco Tanks--3 Star Arete
Horsetooth--Left Eliminator
Horsetooth--Pinch Overhang
Horsetooth--Right Eliminator
Horsetooth--Mental Block (Std. Route)
Curt
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zzsean
Jan 2, 2003, 10:27 PM
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Yosemite
Midnight Lightning
Bachar Cracker
Tendons Give
Hueco
Mushroom Roof
45 Degree Wall
Martini Roof
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climbjs
Jan 2, 2003, 10:45 PM
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Black Hill's Needles: The Thimble
Yos: Midnight Lightning
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pbjosh
Jan 2, 2003, 11:15 PM
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These are more of my favorites than the necessarily best...
Yosemite - Midnight Lightening, Bachar Cracker
Joshua Tree - Gunsmoke, Pigpen, Slashface, Planet X, So High
Woodson - Robbin's Crack, Uncertainty Principle, Seminar Wall, Jaws, Mother Superior
josh
Bishop - Mandala, Ironman Traverse, Atari
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polarwid
Jan 4, 2003, 12:41 AM
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Richard, this is the BOULDERING forum, and those are some NICE routes but not BOULDER PROBLEMS!!!
Garden of the Gods---BLOWOUTS, WALL OF WINTER WARMTH
Gunks---GILL TRAVERSE, SUZIE A
GILLS PRIVATE BOULDERS near PUEBLO---RIPPER TRAVERSE, FATTED CALF.
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greengecko
Jan 5, 2003, 5:40 AM
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Devils Lake- that one i climbed next to the tree
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apollodorus
Jan 5, 2003, 6:14 AM
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San Luis Obipso, California; Bishop's Peak
The Inner Sanctum 5.10a R/X
The first pitch is so runout, it's basically a highball boulder problem. You get two bolts down low, and almost nothing else for the rest of the 160' pitch. A Tobin Sorenson Classic.
This climb defines DON'T PUT BOLTS ON ESTABLISHED ROUTES for Bishop's Peak. Tobin led it without any other bolts, so you should, too.
Easily the Central Coast's most classic free-climbing classic line.
light brown
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xanx
Jan 5, 2003, 6:34 AM
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again, those were probably great ROUTES... or really really high highballs i guess u could argue...
could some people please post more for Gunks? i gotta get out there this spring and i wanna know what to hit for sure
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mike
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curt
Jan 5, 2003, 5:55 PM
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v10gripper,
Speed of light, while a great problem, is not at Black Mountain. It is located at the Relativity Boulders, near Idylwild. On that subject, I recently heard that the "Relativities" are now permanently close to bouldering--due to a change of land ownership. Does anyone know if this is true?
Curt
I also posted this question in Access/Closures. It may be better for anyone with info to reply there. Thanks.
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boulderingmadman
Jan 5, 2003, 7:16 PM
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buttermilk country-
beekeepers apprentice[v5](lydia boulders...or pollengrains, depending on who youre talking to... )
any slab on the birthday boulder[v0] peabody boulders
jedi mind tricks[v4]
happy boulders-
serenghetti[v5]
the big chicken [v2, v4, v5]
bleached bones[v2, v4
sad boulders-
shaft[v5]
hot pants[v5]
strength in numbers[v5]
druid stones-
arch drude[v4]
anything on the sacrificial boulder[v0-v2]
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boulderpaul
Jan 5, 2003, 10:57 PM
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buttermilks
soulslinger
high plains drifter
change of heart
the mandala
Sads
Enter the dragon
chazzam
beefcake
chef arete
Happies
Chollos
The Hulk
Disco Diva
Brownings Variation
Gunks
Yikes
Marakesh express
Clune Crank
all the gill probs
Marakesh Dyno
Box car arete
and many more...
Lincoln Woods
Trojan Horse
Left sit start to strait again
Right Sit start to strait agin
and some i others from all the areas but i cant think of them off the top of my head.
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jasonre14
Jan 5, 2003, 11:07 PM
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Rocktown, GA
The Orb
The Scoop
The Vagina
Little Rock City
Celestial Mechanics
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bouldertoad
Jan 5, 2003, 11:20 PM
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Hueco Tanks
Ghetto Simulator
All the El Murrays
Sign of the cross
Donkey Head
Mushroom roof
To many more to list.......its all good
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rrrADAM
Jan 5, 2003, 11:31 PM
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The Gunks:
Double Clutch or The Gill Egg
Needles, SD:
The Thimbal
J-Tree:
Gunsmoke
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no_limit
Jan 5, 2003, 11:39 PM
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Boat Rock Preserve Georgia
Spiderman
Titanic
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timhinck
Jan 7, 2003, 6:33 PM
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Squamish, BC:
Wormworld Cave v9
The Cutting Edge v6
Easy in an Easychair V3
Hueco Tanks, TX:
Mushroom Roof v8
King Cobra v6
Daily Dick Dose v7
New Religion v7
Martini Roof v10
Diaphanous Sea v12
Sign of the Cross v3
Rocktown, GA:
Spice Roof v6
Vagina v8
Orb v8
Nose Candy v6
Comet v8
Horse Pens 40, AL:
James Litz Pockets v8/9
Slider v9
God module v10
Wasp v2
Short Long v8
Millipede v5
Boone, NC:
2-Pop v9/10
Beasley's Face v5
Mighty Mouse v5
Lost Cove Cranks v2
Roof of Death v5
Tendon Sandwich v7
Soul Cleanser v4
Little Rock City, TN:
Celstial Mechanics v8!!!!!!
Jerry's Kids v6
The Wave v7
Castaway v7
Cleopatra v8
Super Mario Bros v5
Barndoor 2000 v10
Instinct v11
Jigsaw Puzzle Wall v7
Spanky v8
South America v2
Bigee Smalls v11
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wildtrail
Jan 7, 2003, 6:59 PM
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I dare all you 5.10 climbers to come and lead Brinton's Crack. A "meager" 5.6.
Devil's Lake, Wisconsin.
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mreardon
Jan 10, 2003, 10:47 PM
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Thanks Wildtrail, some of us will. Now back to more conversations about bouldering (hence the title of the post and the forum that it's in)
Great lists folks, keep going - extend it beyond the classics, let's make this the must do circuit for those that visit an area.
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winkwinklambonini
Jan 10, 2003, 10:58 PM
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Groom Creek: Tha Sucka!
Lincoln woods: Loadies Zen
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sparky
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My favorite area is Morrison, Co not just because its five minutes from my house)
-Helicopter
-Center route
_Brashears crack (south Morison)
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jgill
Jan 11, 2003, 5:03 AM
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Pueblo, CO area: probably the Ripper Traverse, from the feedback I've gotten over the years. (My photo of John Long on it was on the cover of CLIMBING , No.46, 1978).
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stevematthys
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Morrison
-Helicopter V5
-Cytogrinder V8
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