From the posts so far it would appear that crack climbing seems to figure quite highly in perceived sandbags. Witch, Morphyd, Plumb Jam, Pie in the Sky, Eurydice etc. I would guess that these were graded when crack climbing was more in vogue. I think these are all true to the grade, even Witch if you can jam the crux.
I did a climb recently at Blazed Rock called Grim Reaper (or something like that) which at 19 I thought felt at least a couple of grades harder than Morphyd. No technical moves, just a solid grunt so I guess technically it's only 19/20. Scorpion Direct start (17) is another 'solid' jam crack. |