Eric Jerome's Top 100 Double Digit Boulders - US Edition
Eric Jerome loves lists. All kinds of them. Lucky for us, he also happens to be a brutally strong boulderer with a penchant for nerding out about all things bouldering.
I sat down with Eric and special guest Max Zolotukhin (one of the few people with a nerd level to rival Eric’s) and did my best to hold my own in one of the nerdiest conversations this podcast has ever hosted. Turns out, we only got about 1/3rd of the way through what we needed to. Hopefully at some point I’ll get these two to sit down again for more in depth examination of the most subjective objective list ever created.
In no particular order, INCLUDING VIDEO, but excluding the honorable mentions, V9/10 slash grades (those will make the single digit list), and top contenders, which nearly doubled this list, we present to you the:
Top 100 Double Digit Boulders in the US
Western Gold V11, Dayton Pocket, TN
Kintsugi V15, Red Rock, NV
Sunseeker V12, Mount Evans, CO
King Air V10, Yosemite, CA
Spectre V13, Bishop, CA
Crown Jewel V10, Tahoe, CA
The Shining Path V12, Red Rock, NV
King Slayer V13, Skykomish Valley, WA
Osiris V10, Chattanooga, TN
King Louie V11, New River Gorge, WV
The Gnarwall V11, Adirondacks, NY
Get Rich or Die Trying V11, New River Gorge, WV
Too Big To Fail V10, Yosemite, CA
Under Heaven V12, UT
Yabo Roof V12, Yosemite, CA
Master of Manipulation V10, New River Gorge, WV
Defying Gravity V15, Thunder Ridge, CO
Evilution Direct V11, Bishop, CA
Barn Door 2000 V12, Stone Fort, TN
The New Zero V13, Holy Boulders, IL
Black Dahlia V10, Joe’s Valley, UT
Shackleton V10, Indian Creek, UT
The Penrose Step V14, Leavenworth, WA
Peerless Scarred V12, Yosemite, CA
The Shield V12, Stone Fort, TN
God Module V11, Horse Pens 40, AL
Dragon Ball V11, Deep Creek, TN
Clogging the Feed V12, Red Rock, NV
Trieste Sit V15, Red Rock, NV
Takes a Village V13, Skykomish Valley, WA
The Multiverse V15, WY
Box Therapy V16, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
Hagakure V12, Index, WA
Calm Ethereal V13, Roy, NM
The Outer Limits V15, Tahoe, CA
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest V12, Red Rock, NV
Haroun and the Sea of Stories V11, Bishop, CA
Man on the Moon V10, New River Gorge, WV
Inner Mounting Flame V?, Boone, NC
Shadow Warrior V12, Yosemite, CA
Whispers of Wisdom V10, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
The Swarm V13, Bishop, CA
Pretty Bloc Swag V11, Pawtuckaway, NH
Stand and Deliver V11, Red Rock, NV
Algorithmic V10, New River Gorge, WV
Wookie Charms V12, Stone Fort, TN
One Eyed Clown V10, Roy, NM
Ghost Chant V13, Tahoe, CA
The Abattoir V12, Yosemite, CA
Atlas Shrugged V12, Red Rock, NV
Dogwood V11, Yosemite, CA
The Nest V15, Red Rock, NV
The Power of Landjaeger V11, Hueco Tanks, TX
Paint it Black V15, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
Dose of Thunder V10, Prescott, AZ
The Yeti V13, Boone, NC
Kaiju V13, Roy, NM
The Speed of Life V10, Farley, MA
Wet Dream V12, Red Rock, NV
Roses and Bluejays V13, Great Barrington, MA
Drawing of The Three V11, Tahoe, CA
Zen Garden V10, Moab, UT
All of the Above V12, Index, WA
Sans Soleil V11, Black Mountain, CA
Narsil V13, Flagstaff, AZ
Red Letter Day V10, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT
Zephyr V13, Yosemite, CA
Diesel Power V10, Yosemite, CA
The Color V13, Roy, NM
Yayali V14, Cosumnes River Gorge, CA
Both Sides of the Spectrum V12, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
Sasquatch V10, Boone, NC
Finders Keepers V10, PA
Never Cry Wolf V13, Wind River Range, WY
Rain Dance V12, Roy, NM
Suspension of Disbelief V13, Eldorado Canyon, CO
Te Cuelgas Guey V13, Elevenmile Canyon, CO
The Last Great One V13, Joe’s Valley, UT
Hand of Perseus V12, Sonoma County, CA
Touching the Sky V11, Smuggler’s Notch, VT
Austere V13, Tahoe, CA
Wet Willy V13, Boone, NC
The Masterpiece V13, Joe’s Valley, UT
The Winged Tiger V11, Yosemite, CA
Death Bloc V13, Linville Gorge, NC
Suspended in Darkness V12, Great Barrington, MA
Howl’s Moving Castle V12, Black Mountain, CA
Hokusai's Wave V12, Roy, NM
Angelina Jolie V10, Leavenworth, WA
Mermaider V13, St. George, UT
Show Your Scars V14, Ogden, UT
Hell Belly V11, Moab, UT
Texas Hold ‘Em V11, Tulsa, OK
Dark Matter V12, Huntington Canyon, UT
William Shatner V12, Newlin Creek, CO
Twilight of the Idols V10, Black Mountain, CA
Evangelion V13, Hueco Tanks, TX
Bang On V12, Black Mountain, CA
Full Service V10, Hueco Tanks, TX
Zef V14, RockShop, WY (video coming soon)