Most classic boulder problem of each grade in the country

Josh Wood wrote: Any love for High Plains Drifter and Seven Spanish Angels? FWIW these are the highest rated V7 and V6 on MP by a decent margin. 

Both great but there are better out there. High Plains recently broke and im not sure on the grade now.

Mike Brady wrote:

Both great but there are better out there. High Plains recently broke and im not sure on the grade now.

What broke on high plains? That far right good crimp that is used to hit the first sidepull sloper never looked that solid to me.

v5 - Jingus Bells at Hueco Tanks. 

Speaking for the Northeast (at least), Black Jack Crack should be considered for best V2 or 3.  Though generally thought of as a gear climb, it isn't any taller than a lot of the aforementioned highballs and is definitely better than The Whip.

randy baum wrote: 
v7 the wind below, joes

I was also going to vote for The Wind Below for the classic V7.

Jordan Gans wrote: V7 - Babyface @ Hueco is prob my favorite of the grade.

This is correct. The biggest miss as far as not including some obvious Hueco lines except possibly full service

Eliminator. HorseTooth

Troll in the Dungeon ! wrote: Why are some of you rating problems you clearly haven't sent? 

Because if the criteria for having an opinion on this topic included having sent all of the best boulders at every grade around the country, there would be virtually nothing to talk about here. It's just for fun.

Alan Zhan wrote:

What broke on high plains? That far right good crimp that is used to hit the first sidepull sloper never looked that solid to me.

I forget but Im pretty thats the one. It was a video on a friends IG story so I cant go back and find it. If my memory serves me, it was like the third hold. It has been a lot of years since I have been on it so im a bit dusty on the sequence,

BFKwrote: This thread got me thinking, anyone know where the last problem in this video is located (named Steppin Razor V10 in the film)?
https://vimeo.com/39248560

I remember watching this vid years ago and thinking that problem was one of the sickest lines I'd ever seen. Over the years I've never heard anything about it and google searches for the name/location/grade produce nothing. Maybe it was misnamed in the film?

Wasn’t misnamed. This is in the Gunks.

Wills a fire is the best v6 in the country. 

Joe mamawrote:

Wills a fire is a good v5 in North America

fixed that for ya

Michael Bradywrote:

fixed that for ya

brutal

Joe mamawrote:

brutal

Lol.

Just bustin chops. It IS one of the greats but to call it thee greatest (any problem for that matter) is a bit over-hyped IMO. The V5/V6 arena has soooo many to choose from.

As far as calling it V5, that is purely just what it felt like to me. I have only spent about a half hour with the line but it seems very beta intensive to me so maybe I just got lucky on my read of the line

Oh my god, The Iron Man Traverse makes another appearance!  

In the land of the best highball climbing in the world, and people all gravitate towards this thing... I mean, sure it's fun, but still...

Jedi is definitely one problem that is better and in the same area. I wanna go try Overlooked in Pawtuckaway now though, since all you guys seem to love it!

Three Pigs (V0) at Stoney Point is classic, IMO.

Kyle Lovewrote:

Oh my god, The Iron Man Traverse makes another appearance!  

In the land of the best highball climbing in the world, and people all gravitate towards this thing... I mean, sure it's fun, but still...

Jedi is definitely one problem that is better and in the same area. I wanna go try Overlooked in Pawtuckaway now though, since all you guys seem to love it!

Definitely definitely go in September or October. The fact it is in the buggiest of buggy spots is a testament to how great it is. You also walk past ride the lightning v6 and dope man v8 is just past it.

The angler in joes also competes at V2

Alan Tokawrote:

Three Pigs (V0) at Stoney Point is classic, IMO.

Except for the fact that its comprised of piton scars and is an eliminate....

Kyle Lovewrote:

Oh my god, The Iron Man Traverse makes another appearance!  

In the land of the best highball climbing in the world, and people all gravitate towards this thing... I mean, sure it's fun, but still...

Jedi is definitely one problem that is better and in the same area. I wanna go try Overlooked in Pawtuckaway now though, since all you guys seem to love it!

Its a good line but I couldn't agree with ya more, especially considering the title of the thread is "The MOST classic". We used to crack up when we would head out for an afternoon/evening session and there would be a hoard of tourists on it in direct sunlight and then just as conditions are getting good they would all leave for the day.