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Best 100 Sport Routes?

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Shannon Davis · · Lyons, CO · Joined Sep 2015 · Points: 140
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^^What are your thoughts on this list? What would you kick off or add?
wes calkins · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2011 · Points: 474

That list is as arbitrary as saying every route of a certain grade is the same difficulty.

Leslie H · · Keystone · Joined Jun 2012 · Points: 415

While it's definitely hard to quantify " best", I do think Green Goblin is the best 5.8 at HCR and that Waves is one of the best 5.8 sport routes that I have climbed in SD. I do agree that it is just one person's opinion and it would be more practical, perhaps, to have a "best of" in each region AND at each grade or range of grades.

Ian Cavanaugh · · Ketchum, ID · Joined Sep 2010 · Points: 620

seems to be the Most Climbed list rather than best, but everyone has their own thoughts on what is best. only 3 routes from the city of rock? and no 11s, 12s or 13s from idaho, glad to see no one know what is out here

Jake wander · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Aug 2014 · Points: 195

do you care if the draws are pre-hung?

Rick B · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2013 · Points: 5

Kentucky and Obed, TN as the midwest.... what?

Ted Pinson · · Chicago, IL · Joined Jul 2014 · Points: 252

To be fair, most of the climbers at the Red are from Chicago...

Sam Stephens · · PORTLAND, OR · Joined Jan 2010 · Points: 1,090

How the hell do you put Narcissus on there in place of climbs like New World Order or Freaky Stylee? I see they just went down the list of most popular climbs on Mountain Project for various areas...

Sam Stephens · · PORTLAND, OR · Joined Jan 2010 · Points: 1,090
Erick Barros wrote:Kentucky and Obed, TN as the midwest.... what?
And yea, this. The Obed is right on a time zone boundary, but is techically on eastern time
Bill Shubert · · Lexington, MA · Joined Jul 2012 · Points: 55

I've been on exactly one route from that list (5 gallon buckets at Smith) and it was a great climb. Any list like that is going to be subjective, but everybody knows that, so to me it's a fun read through.

Richard Dana · · Eugene, OR · Joined Apr 2010 · Points: 275

Spot on with Moons of Pluto and Screaming Yellow Zonkers at Smith. Although with such a selective list, I might not have included SYZ as it's very similar in style to Moons of Pluto, but not quite as good.

Frank Stein · · Albuquerque, NM · Joined Feb 2012 · Points: 205

Post moderate is not the best route at Diablo, winter wall, or even that sector of winter wall. It is an okay route, but kind of a very random selection for any "best 100" list.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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