Inspired by a discussion on ClimbingNarc I decided to try to start a list of all problems in California V12 or harder. This list is not complete so if you have any info on more problems or about FA’s let me know. This is similar to a list of hard climbs in Colorado and an older list of problems in New England. BetaBase also keeps an online list of all the problems in Yosemite.
| Grade | Name | First Ascent | Area |
| V15? | Rasta Man Vibration Sit | TBD | Buttermilks |
| V14 | The Manadala SDS | Tony Lamiche | Buttermilks |
| V14 | The Mandala Direct SDS | Paul Robinson | Buttermilks |
| V14 | Goldfish Trombone | Sam Edwards | Happies |
| V13/14 | The Swarm | Matt Birch | Beehive Boulders |
| V13/14 | Iron Resolution | Chris Sharma | Joshua Tree |
| V13/14 | Somewhere in Time | Matt Birch | Tramway |
| V13 | The Beautiful and the Dammed | Kevin Jorgenson | Bardini Boulders |
| V13 | Black Mamba | Dan Mills | Tramway |
| V13 | Dominated | Chris Sharma | Yosemite |
| V13 | Spectre | Dave Graham | Pollen Grains |
| V13 | True North | Sean McColl | Buttermilks |
| V13 | The Oracle | Sean McColl | Buttermilks |
| V13 | Direction | Shawn Diamond | Buttermilks |
| V13 | The Buttermilker SDS | Buttermilks | |
| V12 | Sharma’s Traverse | Chris Sharma | Happies |
| V12 | Kill On Sight | Sean McColl | Happies |
| V12 | Bubba Lobotomy | Dan Mills | Happies |
| V12 | The Buttermilker | Chris Sharma | Buttermilks |
| V12 | Xavier's Roof | Tony Lamiche | Buttermilks |
| V12 | Rastaman Vibration | Jared Roth | Buttermilks |
| V12 | Evilution | Jason Kehl | Buttermilks |
| V12? | Haroun and the Sea of Stories | Matt Wilder | Buttermilks |
| V12 | A Maze of Death | Dave Graham | Buttermilks |
| V12 | Baburre | Fred Nicole | Buttermilks |
| V12 | The Mystery | Shawn Diamond | Buttermilks |
| V12 | Form Destroyer | Dave Graham | Beehive Boulders |
| V12 | A Scanner Darkly | Dave Graham | Get Carter |
| V12 | Michael Caine SDS | Get Carter | |
| V12 | The Mandala | Chris Sharma | Buttermilks |
| V12 | The Mandala Direct | Jeff Sillcox | Buttermilks |
| V12 | Yabo Roof | Tommy Caldwell | Yosemite |
| V12 | Dominator | Jerry Moffatt | Yosemite |
| V12 | Chimera | Paul Barraza | Yosemite |
| V12 | Scissors for Lefty | Randy Puro | Yosemite |
| V12 | Stick It, Static | Randy Puro | Yosemite |
| V12 | Park Life | Tim Clifford | Yosemite |
| V12 | Shadow Warrior | Matt Wilder | Yosemite |
| V12 | The Creeping Wingate | Mt Baldy | |
| V12 | Devil's Dance | Tramway | |
| V12 | Roasted and Raw | Joshua Tree | |
| V12? | Rain Dance | Dan Beall | Mt. Woodson |
Luke
8 comments:
Beautiful & Damned - Kevin Jorgeson
Spectre - Dave Graham
did chris get the fa of dominated?
i had no idea he did it.
also what is the difference between mandala direct and the sds?
According to BetaBase Chris got the FA of Domintated so that where I got that info.
Here is the FA of the Manadala Direct. http://www.wadedavid.com/Videos/mandala.mov
It finishes right where most people had gone left at the top. It is supposed to be the same grade, V12, as the Mandala.
Paul Rob's creation The Mandala Direct Assis I believe is the SDS of the mandala to the direct finish. Assis is French for seated.
what about the Sharma Linkup at Mortar Rock? I think its ungraded and still has yet to see a second send.
heround FA matt wilder
direction FA shawn diamond
baburre FA fred nicole
why is the swarm listed as v13/v14?
birch called it v14 and graham agreed enough said. did woods downrate this one of birch's too?
eh, its a funny thing to put beal's problem up there.. v12 slab? very rare. did he even actually call it "V12"? no repeats.. i dunno.
i think Mccoll put up another v12 in the slow dance cave called "the asset". it is a right exit to slowdance.
why put the sit to rastaman up there? no one has done it. if this list consisted of open projects, it would be very long
It was Landman who said it was 13/14. Woods only said it was "hardest in bishop". I thought consensus was that it was easy V14 thought thats a funny thought... P-Rob also did it very quickly thus V13/V14.
Dan said V11 or harder and one of the hardest things he had done, possibly V12 thus the ? next to the grade. It is on the list since he is a friend and to inspire someone to go do a 2nd ascent.
I must have missed the asset from Sean's killer trip to bishop. Thanks for the heads up.
The reason for this list was because I couldn't find one for cali which I though was strange since we have a bunch of tough problems. I thought the Rastaman proj was about to go down so it made the list.
-Luke
thunderbird, chris sharma FA just cause its not on 8A doesnt mean it doesnt exist
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