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Mungeclimber

Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
Topic Author's Original Post - May 15, 2014 - 08:40pm PT
At least one Zepplin song was inspired by Tolkien. Surely there are route names? pics and stories welcome.


Queen of Light took her bow, And then she turned to go
The Prince of Peace embraced the gloom, And walked the night alone

[Chorus]
Oh, dance in the dark of night, Sing to the morning light
The dark Lord rides in force tonight, And time will tell us all

[Verse]
Oh, throw down your plow and ho, Rest not to lock your homes
Side by side we wait the might of the darkest of them all
I hear the horses' thunder down in the valley below
I'm waiting for the angels of Avalon, waiting for the eastern glow
The apples of the valley hold, The seeds of happiness
The ground is rich from tender care, Repay, do not forget, no, no
Dance in the dark of night, sing to the morning light
The apples turn to brown and black, The tyrant's face is red
Oh war is the common cry, Pick up your swords and fly
The sky is filled with good and bad that mortals never know
Oh, well, the night is long the beads of time pass slow
Tired eyes on the sunrise, waiting for the eastern glow
The pain of war cannot exceed the woe of aftermath
The drums will shake the castle wall, the ring wraiths ride in black, Ride on
Sing as you raise your bow, shoot straighter than before
No comfort has the fire at night that lights the face so cold

[Chorus]
Oh dance in the dark of night, Sing to the morning light
The magic runes are writ in gold to bring the balance back. Bring it back

[Outro]
At last the sun is shining, The clouds of blue roll by
With flames from the dragon of darkness, the sunlight blinds his eyes
Ward Trotter

Trad climber
May 15, 2014 - 08:45pm PT
Not my video.
The crux is the face move below the roof.
The roof itself is not really, really hard but interestingly somewhat tricky.

[Click to View YouTube Video]
Spider Savage

Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
May 15, 2014 - 08:48pm PT
Zep Songs with Tolkein references:

Battle of Evermore (lyrics above)
Ramble On
Misty Mountain Hop
Over The HIlls and Far Away
Stairway to Heaven (to some people)
Steve Grossman

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
May 15, 2014 - 08:58pm PT
Tolkien names all over Mount Lemmon in Tucson. Helm's Deep, Bridge of Khazad-dum, Isengard, Galadriel, Barad Dur, Stormcrow and many more.
macleodnc

Trad climber
ca
May 15, 2014 - 09:02pm PT
Tuolumne is loaded with Tolkien inspired routes.
Hobbit Book, Middle Earth, Narcil, Anduril, Mordor, Galadriel, Isengard, and Lothlorien
Mt Russel has the Mithril Dihedral and then the Hobbit roof in J Tree. There's probably
A ton more those are just what I can think of off the top of my head.
ms55401

Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
May 15, 2014 - 09:08pm PT
Gandalf Peak, on the Sierra Crest outside of Big Pine
RP3

Big Wall climber
Sonora
May 15, 2014 - 09:08pm PT
Great topic!

There are whole bunch on Mariuolumne Dome:
The Nazgul
Lothlorian
Black Rider
Galadriel
Strider
Middle Earth
Hobbit Book (already posted

RyanD

climber
Squamish
May 15, 2014 - 09:18pm PT
We've got a few in the smoke bluffs here. Bilbo baggins is one? I dunno they are all kind of short & ledgy & don't deserve Tolkien names IMO.
Clint Cummins

Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
May 15, 2014 - 09:23pm PT
http://www.mountainproject.com/v/bored-of-the-rings/106653337
(Joshua Tree)
:-)
tradmanclimbs

Ice climber
Pomfert VT
May 15, 2014 - 09:24pm PT
There are a bunch in North Conway. Mines Of Moria, bridge of kazid Dum off the top of my head. A bunch in SD needles. i remember Three Rings For The elvin Kings being quite spicy.
The Lisa

Trad climber
Da Bronx, NY
May 15, 2014 - 10:45pm PT
Balrog and Middle Earth at the Gunks come to mind.
mrtropy

Trad climber
Nor Cal
May 15, 2014 - 11:00pm PT
The Strange Path of Elvish Dreams on hwy 4 in Cal.
philo

Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
May 15, 2014 - 11:16pm PT
Journey through Mirkwood.
drljefe

climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
May 15, 2014 - 11:22pm PT

couldn't resist
mike m

Trad climber
black hills
May 15, 2014 - 11:27pm PT
As Tradman said earlier. There is a large areas of the black hills needles that are named after the Tolkien. Pete Delannoy was one of the big developers of this. Near downs, far downs, middle earth, ect. It certainly does seem like a Tolkienesk place specially before the Beatles killed all of the large trees.
philo

Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
May 15, 2014 - 11:33pm PT
Peter was real into JRR. He put up a bolted route in a very trad Gunnison area crag called Lothlorien.
zBrown

Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
May 15, 2014 - 11:36pm PT
good one jefe.

there apparently is something called "Tolk Rock" or "Tolkien Rock"


probably the first entry in the discography would be


Leonard Nimoy's The Ballad Of Bilbo Baggins


Oplopanax

Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
May 15, 2014 - 11:50pm PT
RyanD those names were applied to routes with other names by one K McLane

For instance a route called Toe Jam was subdivided into two separate Tolkien named routes

Go figure
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
Topic Author's Reply - May 16, 2014 - 12:14am PT
ah, nice, all superb contributions!


Mtn project route was a surprise. :)


Black Rider and Nazgul was sitting in the back of my mind. Hobbit Book and Hobbit Roof. Classics.


The Needles was a great memory shaker. Forgot about those.
Lorenzo

Trad climber
Oregon
May 16, 2014 - 12:21am PT
Gunks routes I can think of :

Orc stone
Gil Galad
Ent's line
Bag's end
Middle Earth
Nazgul
Balrog
Elf stone
Ringwraith.

I'll leave it to others whether White Pillar, Wizard, and Journey's End qualify.
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