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