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Rolfr
Sport climber
La Quinta and Penticton BC
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As a recovering Canadian who spends half the year in SoCal, I prefer play on words. I named a recent SoCal route" One Toque Over the Line". A recent skaha route that traverses for the first 40 feet was named by a friend " Never Too Old to Be a Swinger"
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 3, 2018 - 08:56pm PT
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Jefe, Art of Dreaming is a classic, IMHO, example of a deep connection to a line.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 3, 2018 - 08:57pm PT
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DMT - the 4 dollar hammer is such a fun name! Make it work!
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Moof
Big Wall climber
Orygun
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Include poodles for sure.
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herm
Trad climber
Bishop
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"Bad Daddy" in Pine Creek Canyon.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 3, 2018 - 09:27pm PT
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Avi Poodles or just the regular ones, that are like people? ;)
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F
climber
away from the ground
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What’s with the route names at the STD walls?
The Pink
The Stink
The Shocker
The one hand clap
Should have used a Magnum
I thought dirtbags didn’t get laid....?
And who would name a crag The STD walls...?
No class.
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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I thought dirtbags didn’t get laid....? `
Inheritance money?
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Bitd routes were often named by their location.... the DNB, the NW Face of Half Dome, the NEB of HCR etc. Now that everyone has Google Maps on their phones, routes can be given precise coordinates for names.
The peak I want to climb would have a name something like....47.2333,73.1167. Kind of sexy in a modern, mechanistic way and no one would get lost looking for it.
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Lone Quail
Trad climber
Littleton, Colorado
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In my opinion the best names incorporate a pun, are tied to the nature of the route/area, and/or have significance with the FA. A foreboding suggestion is always good too. "Turning Green" is one of my favorites and has a triple meaning. Themed areas such as the Cat Wall in Indian Creek result in some classy names. When out of ideas I have a returning theme of physics and astronomy resulting in names like "Dark Energy", "Dark Matter", "MACHO", and "WIMP".
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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Miles Davis did a set at Isle of Wight, sort of a loose jam interwoven with various themes. It was recorded on film and for an album. Columbia asked Miles the name of the tune.
Miles said "Call It Anythin" so that is the name on the record.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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On the theme of puns and boulder problems, a South African (hot!!) Christmas highball: It's A One Fall Life.
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JimT
climber
Munich
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Unless there´s something interesting or quirky about the route I´ll admit I don´t put lot of thought into the names,just music or whatever I can think of. After 1,000+ routes it gets hard to be creative! The last lot were cactus names.
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Lone Quail
Trad climber
Littleton, Colorado
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Numbers don't work. New routes screw them up.
Just use decimal numbers and there is an infinite ability to fill in or extend in either direction. For perspective consider Grand Junction where the E/W roads are lettered: A, B, C etc., and intermediate roads have names such ad D 1/2 and D 3/4 - awkward but it works.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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We always put thought, discussion and mutual agreement into our route names.
Unless it is on Strava, then I just go with the immediate inspiration or the music that is in my head. It is much more fleeting and spontaneous.
Or course, the guidebook author has the ultimate call, regardless of previous agreement.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Across the Nation from Butthair.
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gonamok
climber
dont make me come over there
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Me and Allenby used to sit around getting high and toss out names for routes. Sometimes we would come up with a name we liked so much that we had to go find a route to put it on. But usually it came down to some play on the nature of the route or what was going on at the time we put it up, despite all those names we had on tap. To us naming the route or problem was part of the fun of exploration.
Names mean different things too. I was calling a woodson project "the vision" because of a spiritual experience i had while working on it johansolo sent it and kept the name. Darrel Hensel put up a route next to it and called it "night vision", a totally different take on the theme. Its great how route names can progress in an area. Your route, your name is the rule, no matter how unpopular it may be. If its a legit ascent the FA party has earned the right to name it as they please.
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karabin museum
Trad climber
phoenix, az
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I have over 800 FAs in the outdoors, and over the last 15 years at the rock gym I have named over 20,000 routes.
And I still have not run out of names.
Many times a song on the radio inspires the name.
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Dingus and the OG T crew dispensing that ST gold like it's Pez!
this one, tentatively known as Batshjt Crazy, found and groped and grasped, cleaned and cursed, firstly, by your'n fellow Tennesean, mah buddy, today. it seems to fit your two part solution, DMT. I am gonna start doodling, for to have a fitting name on the fly. It's all random to begin with anyway
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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least though on a route name...
Bill and Perry on the refrigerator...
but it is in the book as left and right.
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