One of the more fun things we used to do at NewEnglandBouldering.com was maintain a "New England's Hardest" list of boulder problems and routes. Below is the last version of the list of boulder problems (routes will be forthcoming) which we updated in February 2003. A lot has changed since then, and we would like to update the list. Please comment with problems you think should be added or grades on this list that should be changed, and we will update the list. Before you get up in arms, we know there are many grades that need to be changed, we just wanted to start with the old list for now. As for repeats, we are only going to maintain repeat names for problems V12 and harder since there are many people climbing V10 and V11 now.
New England's Hardest Tick List
We have attempted to compile a ticklist of the hardest boulder problems and routes in New England. This is a work in progress, so please e-mail us if you notice any errors or omissions. We would like to expand this list to include more routes and boulder problems in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. If you know of any boulder problems over V10 or routes over 14a in these states, please e-mail us.
Name Rating Area FA Repeats
The Child of the Storm V13 Blair Woods, NH Dave Graham Joe Kinder
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease V13 Hunter's Rock, PA Chris Zweig None
Ill Saint V12/13 Pawtuckaway, NH Graham None
Cojiba Linkup V12 Peter's Kill, NY Ivan Greene Vadim Vinokur, Graham
The Machine V12 Farley, MA Ken Majka Graham, Andy Salo
B-Boy Stance V12 Rumney, NH Kinder None
Sit Start to Terrordactyl V11/12 Farley, MA Tyson Holub None
Crouching Dragon V11/12 Gunks, NY Bosley Greene
Lynn V11/12 Big Rocks, PA Zweig None
Chunk o Blitz V11 Pawtuckaway, NH Graham Kinder, Luke Parady, Hank Jones, Adam Osterhoff
Rat Fish Dyno V11 Pawtuckaway, NH Graham Brett Myers, Justin Bourque
Land Shark V11 Rumney, NH Graham Kinder
Back at You with Realness V11 Pawtuckaway, NH Graham Many
Phoenix V11 Niagara Glen, ON Jeremy Smith Simon Villeneuve
Satan's Choice V11 Rumney, NH Parady Graham, Harry Robertson
Carajo V11 Gunks, NY Obe Carrion Many
Ace Freely V11 Gunks, NY Greene Boone Speed, Graham
The Heart of Darkness V11 Pawtuckaway, NH Graham Kemple, Kinder, Parady
The Scratch V11 Gunks, NY Greene None
Levels Sit Start V11 Gunks, NY Greene Erik Kubiak
Bothers Keeper V11 Pioneer Valley, MA Kinder None
Under the Big Top V11 Lincoln Woods, RI Kemple ?
Shoot to Kill V11 Lincoln Woods, RI Mike Galoob None
Sweet Bulimia V11 Hunter's Rock, PA Zweig None
The Hunger Artist V11 Hunter's Rock, PA Zweig Randy Burks
The Crucifix V11 Niagara Glen, ON Villeneuve None
Venus in Scorpio V10/11 Gunks, NY Greene Many
Yosemite Crack V10/11 Haycock Mountain, PA Char Fetterolf None
Stereogram V10/11 Farley, MA Joel Brady Myers, Majka, Graham
Oobleck V10+ Wendell, MA Majka Bourque
Squinos V10+ Gunks, NY Greene Many
Sneaky Bird V10 Farley, MA Holub Majka
Babies with Rabies V10 Farley, MA Kemple Many
Koma's Roof V10 Rat Rock, Central Park, NY Koma Many
Revolution V10 Pawtuckaway, NH Kemple Graham
SUAPM V10 Lincoln Woods, RI Graham Many
Y2K9 Roof V10 Pioneer Valley, MA Ward Smith Many
Conquest of the Irrational V10 Lincoln Woods, RI Parady Many
Check Your Head V10 Pawtuckaway, NH Graham Many
All Aboard the Pain Train V10 Sundown, NH Graham Parady
Sweat of the Rapist V10 Central Park, NY Greene Many
Hueco Nightmares V10 Lincoln Woods, RI Graham Parady, Kinder
The Devastating Reverend Tom V10 Rumney, NH Graham Canardo Fragila
Corner the Market V10 Lincoln Woods, RI Graham Parady, Osterhoff
Neil's Nuts V10 Lincoln Woods, RI Graham Parady
Jefe V10 Peter's Kill, NY Greene Many
Khadeja V10 Peter's Kill, NY Greene Many
Blaow V10 Pawtuckaway, NH Graham Many
Orgasm V10 Gunks, NY Greene Danforth, Vinokur
Death Penalty V10 Gunks, NY Greene Wilder
Magnetic V10 Peter's Kill, NY Greene Many
Dragon Turns V10 Gunks, NY Kehl Many
The Opus V10 Haycock Mountain, PA Pete Ziegenfuss None
Secret Weapon V10 Peter's Kill, NY Chris Sharma Graham, Parady
The Wad V10 Peter's Kill, NY Vinokur Greene
Press Your Luck V10 Pioneer Valley, MA Kemple Graham
Swisher Sweets V10 Pioneer Valley, MA Kemple None
Stand and Deliver V10 Pawtuckaway Kemple Graham
Brick Bop V10 Farley, MA Majka Many
Scarub V10 Farley, MA Graham Majka, Holub
Requiem for a Samurai V10 Rattlesnake Mountain, CT Theriault None
Barbed Wire V10 Lincoln Woods, RI Kemple Philippe Naulot, Galoob
Who Run Tings V10 Niagara Glen Smith None
Satan on a Half Shell V10 Rumney, NH
Because Stone Cold Says So V10 Farley, MA Brady None
Spare Change V10 Farley, MA ? Majka
Bloody Sunday V10 Smuggler's Notch, VT Bill Patton None
The Wilder Cave Problem V10 Bolton, VT Wilder None
Selassie V10 Sourland Mountain, NJ Redmond Kent Sommerville
Upraising V10 Sourland Mountain, NJ Redmond Jones, Sommerville
Peligro V10 Haycock Mountain, PA Redmond None
Loomit V10 Rumney, NH Kinder Kemple
Supreme Clientele V10 Rumney, NH Kinder Kemple
Flying Goat... V10 Lincoln Woods, RI Myers ?
High School Egg Project V10 Lincoln Woods, RI Kemple Many
Bloodsport V10 Milford, MA Lee Soares Naulot
Ground Zero V10 Arcadia SP, RI Galoob None
Tornado G-Spot V10 Big Rocks, PA Zweig Burks
The Green Stream V10 Big Rocks, PA Burks None
Rigormortis V10 Niagara Glen, ON Matt Corstorphine Many
Closed Eye Visuals V10 Niagara Glen, ON Irving None
Funk-Shwey V10 Niagara Glen, ON Adam Zarzycki None
Fuga V10 Land of the Overhangs, ME Dave Sharrat None