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Hootervillian
climber
the Hooterville World-Guardian
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a carnival of capitalists upon a mank of minions.
what's for sale?
three fingers of larf.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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A persistence of seigers.
A tremble of smearers.
A cabal of boulderers.
A waste of cafeterians.
A convoy of talus monkeys.
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roy
Social climber
New Zealand -> Santa Barbara
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A genuflect of telemark skiers (credit to my wife for this one).
Roy
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Rhodo-Router
Gym climber
Otto, NC
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A clutch of climbers. Duh.
A dangle of doggers.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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A rabble of rappellers.
A flask of camfire hounds.
A jury of traditionalists.
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Nate D
climber
San Francisco
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these are great.
especially "A beanie of boulderers"
and "a clod of dirtbags"!
A spawn of slope-pulling sprites
(thinkin' of Castle Rock specifically)
A maw of OW masochists
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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A spike of ice climbers
A bed of laybackers
A twinkle of foot-switchers
A bully of ethical pundits
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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A cadre of first ascensionists.
A risk of free soloists.
A dirth of ethical practitioners.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 2, 2007 - 05:20pm PT
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Well, there's some awfully good ideas here. Setting aside my peerless examples, the ones I like best, with a few comments:
Tarbuster
 A brace of jammers.
A persistence of siegers.
A tremble of smearers.
A rabble of boulderers. (Are they a rabble?)
A rabble of rappellers. (Ahh, alliteration. Don't forget that Chouinard started as a rappeller.)
A jury of traditionalists. (Aren't all climbers judgmental, not to mention righteous?)
A risk of free soloists.
I wasn't sure what he meant by a convoy of talus monkeys.
Ed H
A clod of dirtbags. (Are they clods?)
Jaybro
A hang of sport climbers. (Is that what they do, or what you want to do with them?)
Jay Wood
A rush of speed climbers.
A splash of deep water soloists.
A sketch of C4 aiders. (Many types of climber are sketchy.)
A scab of offwidthers. (Again, somewhat generic.)
A blow of posers. (None on ST.)
justthemaid
A slouch of stoners. (Could apply to all types.)
Jello (He kind of went nuts)
A squeeze of offwidthers.
A tweak of finger crackers. (As opposed to the other kinds of crackers, I hope.)
A tendon of crimpers. (How about "A tendency of crimpers"?)
A slide of slab-masters.
A push of mantellers.
A confusion of mixed climbers. (He should know.)
A spike of ice climbers. (Such sharp wit!)
A bully of ethical pundits. (Ain't none round here.)
A bed of laybackers. (liebackers?)
A twinkle of toe-switchers.
Roy (or at least, Roy's wife)
A genuflect of telemark skiers. (Very graceful. Up here we call them telemarkers - not to be confused with telemarketers.)
Rhodo-router
A dangle of doggers.
Crimpergirl
A beanie of boulderers. (Very witty!)
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Indianclimber
climber
Las Vegas
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A bivy of big wallers
A pad of boulderers
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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...changed my rabble of boulderers to "A cabal of boulderers".
OK, back to it:
A pocket of purists
A gash of offwidthers
A gamble of 3rd classers
A panic of poseurs
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Nice Riley,
A rack of trad climbers was just right there at our fingertips.
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paganmonkeyboy
Trad climber
the blighted lands of hatu
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a whipper of sport climbers ?
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rmuir
Social climber
the Time Before the Rocks Cooled.
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A brace of bvbs.
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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A sack of free-soloists.
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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Rick nailed it with "A sack of free-soloists" hahaha!
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Mimi
climber
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haha, good one Ricky.
This thread has serious potential.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 2, 2007 - 09:37pm PT
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An oxymoron of armchair mountaineers.
An absurdity of armchair mountaineers.
A gallimaufry of guidebook writers. (Not really apropos, but a cool word.)
A trickery of topo writers.
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