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Hardest pitch in each state?

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Kristen Fiore · · Burlington, VT · Joined Sep 2014 · Points: 3,378

NY/VT climber here just curious...I searched but didn't see this posted anywhere else or in Google...How close can we get to all 50 states?

So strictly by rating (Sorry, Dawn Wall) and regardless of trad/sport, what's the hardest pitch in your state? If a state is particularly sad we can throw in a V-grade boulder here and there. :)

I'll update as people go and please feel free to clarify if I got it wrong or add one if there is a tie.

AL: Southern Comfort ( 14a), Blue Rhino (13d)
AK
AZ: Necessary Evil (14c)
AR: The Prophet aka "Paying the Rent" (14a)
CA: Jumbo Love (15b)
CO: Flex Luther (15a)
CT: Desparête (13c)
DE: Rambo (12a/V4)
FL: One From None (V12)
GA: Ebola (12b/c), The Matriarch (V15)
HI: Immortal's Path (13c), Mission Impossible (13a) (Unconfirmed, No FA)
ID: Algorithm (14d)
IL: Dynasty (13d), East of East St. Louis (13c), Manhattan Project? (?)
IN
IA
KS:
KY: Southern Smoke Direct (14d), Golden Ticket (14c/d?)
LA: lol
ME: Sour Diesel (13d)
MD: Captain's Crunch (13a), Interzone (12d/13a)
MA: Unknown on cliff below Courthouse? (14-) Anyone know more?, Diatribe (13c/d)
MI: Resistance (5.13?) Franks Climb (5.13?)
MN: Insectaphobe (14-)
MS: Jean's Overhang (11a)
MO: Unknown (13a)
MT: Relativity (13d)
NE
NV: Le Rêve (14d/15a), Arrested Development (14d)
NH: Jaws II (15a)
NJ: Final Impact 5.12c
NM: "POS" (14d), Derby Della Madonnina (14c)
NY: Planet Claire (14a/b), Oppositional Defiance Disorder (14a), III Fire (14a), Ozone (14a)
NC: The Bad (14b)
ND
OH: Nichols is a Weenie (12d)
OK: Merlin (13-), Tied to the Whipping Post (13a)
OR: Assassin (14d)
PA: Visionaire? (13c), Romania* (Broken but mentioned) (14a)
RI: Halloween (12c), The Rattlesnake (12/12+), The Chelsea Smile V13-14.
SC
SD: Lizzy Beams Desire (14a), Divinations (14a)
TN: The Jackal (14a), Cookie Monster (14-)
TX: I, Me, Mine Linkup (14d)
UT: Psychedelic (14c/d)
VT: Stoning the Facist (14b)
VA: Nebula (13d/14a, The The (13a)
WA: New World Order (14c)
WV: Super Pod (14d)
WI: Cain (14c)
WY: Moonshine at Wild Iris (14d), Orange for Anguish (14c)

sharyl Crossley · · Chattanooga, TN · Joined May 2013 · Points: 0

AR: The Prophet (paying the rent) 14a

not 100% sure on this one.

Ken Noyce · · Layton, UT · Joined Aug 2010 · Points: 2,648

Not sure on UT, but could be Psychedelic, 5.14c/d or maybe Maquina Muerte, 5.14+.

Arizona could possibly be Necessary Evil, 5.14c, but I don't know AZ very well.

Emmett Wynn · · Albuquerque · Joined Nov 2015 · Points: 70

New Mexico's might be Event Horizon, 14-
not completely sure

M Sprague · · New England · Joined Nov 2006 · Points: 5,090

RI is mostly a bouldering state, the hardest being The Chelsea Smile V13-14. The roped climbing is mostly TRing on some little craglets, the hardest that I know of being Halloween at only 12c (originally graded 13a)

Micah Klesick · · Charlotte, NC · Joined Aug 2013 · Points: 3,971

OR is Just Do It (14c) I think.

Kevin Piarulli · · Redmond, OR · Joined Nov 2013 · Points: 1,683

ID Algorithm 5.14d, The Fins
OR Shock and Awe 5.14C, Smith Rock

Andy Million · · Murfreesboro TN · Joined Mar 2012 · Points: 65

TN - The Jackal 14a at Laurel Falls.

James Ellis · · Bellingham, WA · Joined Aug 2008 · Points: 65

WA: New World Order 5.14c

AndyMac · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Mar 2008 · Points: 1,123

WY - moonshine at wild iris 14d

TX - I, Me, Mine 14d link

Mike Stearns · · Unknown Hometown · Joined May 2007 · Points: 1,607

WY: Moonshine 14D put up by BJ Tilden

Edit: haha, funny timing Andy.

Chase Bowman · · Durango, CO · Joined Jan 2014 · Points: 1,010

Jimmy Webb put up a V15 Boulder problem in Georgia called the Matriarch like two months.

Just This Guy You Know · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jul 2015 · Points: 54

WY - Home on the range is 5.14- in the Voo, and there is a 5.14a in ten sleep, the name of which I can't remember, maybe effed in the a?

Chase Bowman · · Durango, CO · Joined Jan 2014 · Points: 1,010

Also you might as well put "N/a" for Louisiana, as there is no climbing in the whole state, besides a muddy, wet V1 Boulder problem in the middle of the state. Same thing for Mississippi if I'm not mistaken.

Derrick W · · Golden, CO · Joined Jun 2012 · Points: 868

The hardest thing I know of in MD is Evan's Bolt Ladder (12d) at Carderock.

M Sprague · · New England · Joined Nov 2006 · Points: 5,090
Just This Guy You Know wrote:WY - Home on the range is 5.14- in the Voo, and there is a 5.14a in ten sleep, the name of which I can't remember, maybe effed in the a?
There is a 14c at Baldwin Creek listed here on MP
Orange For Anguish
Brie Abram · · Celo, NC · Joined Oct 2007 · Points: 493

NC: The Bad (.14b) at Ghost Town?

Kristen Fiore · · Burlington, VT · Joined Sep 2014 · Points: 3,378
Jake Jones wrote:Kris, it looks like a typo, but the 13a finger crack is actually named "The The".
Who names this stuff?? Haha
Eric8 · · Maynard, MA · Joined Nov 2007 · Points: 310

WI: Cain-14c
ME: unless there is something harder at Great head, since Maniac got downgraded I think it is Sour Diesel 13d

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

Well, in NM Sick Man is 14b, & Snake Dance is right around there. Also, Cody had something down at the Tunnel. Is 14c or something?

Kristen Fiore · · Burlington, VT · Joined Sep 2014 · Points: 3,378
Rob T wrote:Wouldn't it be easier to pull this from 8a? As an added bonus you wouldn't have to wait for people who know about every "secret crag" to chime in(it may be secret, but sprayers gonna spray).
Could have. Honestly, I didn't think about it, but this is also fun and usually inspires cool conversation. Not to mention stuff that 8a doesn't have.
Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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