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Nick Wilder
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Oct 14, 2009
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Boulder, CO
· Joined Jan 2005
· Points: 4,098
Andy & I have finished a new feature called "The Classics". It's a list of the classic climbs at almost all areas. If an area has no climbs that we deem classic, there are non listed. This feature should be really fun & useful. Andy is currently in Red Rocks, and found himself browsing areas really appreciating when the poster (or admin) included links to classic climbs in the description. And it then dawned on us that we have plenty of data from user behavior to surface a selection of classic routes for every area. Really handy when visiting a new area or formation. For instance, you can see a set of "classic" routes at just Suicide, or just Split Rocks @ Jtree, or a list covering all of Josh. The "Classic Ranker" that chooses the climbs is our top-secret patent-pending system that we think does a pretty good job based on the areas we know. Some examples (scroll down a bit to see The Classics): Red Rock Nevada: mountainproject.com/v/nevad… Colorado Alpine: mountainproject.com/v/color… The Trapps (Gunks): mountainproject.com/v/new_y…
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MattWallace
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Oct 14, 2009
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Center Harbor, NH
· Joined Nov 2008
· Points: 8,752
This is stellar great addition!
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Jon Cheifitz
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Oct 14, 2009
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Superior/Lafayette, Co
· Joined Jun 2008
· Points: 90
Thats sweet! Most of those (in my area) are already on my todo list. Thanks
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Andy Librande
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Oct 14, 2009
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Denver, CO
· Joined Nov 2005
· Points: 1,880
Awesome feature. Makes it really easy to check out an area. Suggestion would be to sort them by type (Sport/Trad/Bouldering) and grade so that it is a lot easier to read. Or at least grade (which would automatically sort bouldering from the others).
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Scott McMahon
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Oct 14, 2009
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Boulder, CO
· Joined Feb 2006
· Points: 1,425
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Joe Kreidel
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Oct 14, 2009
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San Antonio, TX
· Joined Dec 2007
· Points: 1,495
Nice job, I really like the addition.
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Chris Clarke
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Oct 14, 2009
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Davis, WV
· Joined Apr 2009
· Points: 130
Great new feature. I would add High Test to the classics of Seneca.
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AJS
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Oct 14, 2009
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Boulder, CO
· Joined Mar 2008
· Points: 25
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chosspector
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Oct 14, 2009
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San Juans, CO
· Joined Oct 2008
· Points: 1,296
Nice feature. Note: for the telluride area, Seamstress Corner should maybe be deleted from the list if the criteria includes popularity. This route may see one ascent a year if even.
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Jacob Dolence
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Oct 14, 2009
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Farmville, VA
· Joined Jun 2006
· Points: 806
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Luke Stefurak
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Oct 14, 2009
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Seattle, WA
· Joined Jan 2006
· Points: 2,573
Seems like there is something fishy for areas that have 5.14. If you notice in the classics in Rumney two routes are out of order mountainproject.com/v/new_h… I see the following at the top instead below the 5.13's Cold War 5.14a Sport Waimea China Beach 5.14b Sport Waimea Smith Rock also has this problem... Great feature!! - Luke
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Nathan Stokes
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Oct 14, 2009
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Oct 2008
· Points: 440
I'm just happy the 'Dacks have a classics area. Have to make sure more make it onto the list. Now if the weather would cooperate.
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Leo Paik
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Oct 14, 2009
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Westminster, Colorado
· Joined Jan 2001
· Points: 22,820
One tweak to consider might be to link the consensus rating with the rating shown, since often the initial rating (the one currently listed) is that of one user and not necessarily reflective of the general climbing community.
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Eric J
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Oct 14, 2009
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Western Slope, CO
· Joined May 2005
· Points: 0
Great work Nick and Andy! Have you considered setting up PayPal accounts to allow members to show appreciation to all the people making it happen at MP? I would contribute gladly. You guys are doing a great job.
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Andy Laakmann
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Oct 27, 2009
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Bend, OR
· Joined Jan 2001
· Points: 1,990
"Classics" browser. Nick just finished this... mountainproject.com/scripts… It allows you to easily browse classics by area. The first page is the most classic routes in the entire database, as determined by MP's algorithm. Kind of a cool list! How many have you done???????? ps. Just noticed a bug, it caches other people's star ratings. BUT the list is accurate. *** from Nick: Fixed.
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Chris Clarke
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Oct 27, 2009
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Davis, WV
· Joined Apr 2009
· Points: 130
Awesome list. I have done 20 of them but I have rarely climbed in CO where many of the best moderates on the list are located.
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