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The Best Route Names

Caz Drach · · C'Wood, UT · Joined Jun 2013 · Points: 310

Shit or Go Blind - GUNKS
10000 Restless Virgins - GUNKS
Dicks Prick - GUNKS
Cophrolagia (sp?) - GUNKS

Mike Hazard · · Ballston Lake, NY · Joined Mar 2015 · Points: 310

Drop, Fly, or Die in the Adirondacks at the Spider's Web would fit into the category of general badassery I think.

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Jake C · · Salt Lake City, UT · Joined Dec 2015 · Points: 10

Spanky's Quest for the Nectar Hole, 10c - Smith Rock, OR

DrugDoc · · Dix, IL · Joined Jul 2013 · Points: 0

Big Wall Greg's Chicken Shack, Jackson Falls. No idea why, just a great name.

pspoutz Spoutz · · Livonia, MI · Joined Apr 2012 · Points: 5

"To Bolt or Not to Be." It is Shakespearian, lyrical, a statement about climb itself, and a much broader statement about the future of (sport) climbing.

Gets my vote.

Eric Carlos · · Soddy Daisy, TN · Joined Aug 2008 · Points: 121
pspoutz wrote:"To Bolt or Not to Be." It is Shakespearian, lyrical, a statement about climb itself, and a much broader statement about the future of (sport) climbing. Gets my vote.
Agreed!!!
BigB · · Red Rock, NV · Joined Feb 2015 · Points: 340

Blotter is my Spotter(x3)
Fact or Friction

Chris Burton · · Flagstaff, AZ · Joined Nov 2010 · Points: 5
pspoutz wrote:"To Bolt or Not to Be." It is Shakespearian, lyrical, a statement about climb itself, and a much broader statement about the future of (sport) climbing. Gets my vote.
Thread over.
Jacob Smith · · Seattle, WA · Joined Aug 2013 · Points: 230

My standing theory is that most route names fit into three categories: really obvious puns, inside jokes no one will ever understand, and Bob Dylan references.

Index still has you all beat though
Brad Driscol Outnumbered His Guests But A Good Time Was Had By All
I Am In Top A Shader
Ten Percent Meteorological Vinculation
An Act of Strange Boar, A Group Of Mysteries of Frenchwomen, A Ship Called Black Rock, and a Hatch

CornCob · · Sandy, UT · Joined Nov 2012 · Points: 20

Harry Butthole Pussy Potter - Horseshoe Canyon Ranch, AR

First route to actually make me laugh while reading the guide book.

CanDillo · · The Great State -Colorado · Joined Oct 2009 · Points: 280

Pineapple ThunderPussy - MT

Allen Sanderson · · On the road to perdition · Joined Jul 2007 · Points: 1,203

All Chalk, No Action - Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah.

Nathan Self · · Louisiana · Joined Mar 2012 · Points: 90

Night of the Climbing Dead (Palisades, Al)

Ryan Hamilton · · Orem · Joined Aug 2011 · Points: 5

There is a little crag in Draper UT that was put up by a nearby dentist. All of the routes have dental inspired names like: Bloody Impaction. There is a little plaque at the bottom each route with the name. The crag isn't that great, but the names are.
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Old lady H · · Boise, ID · Joined Aug 2015 · Points: 1,374

"Geologic time includes now"

An entire face fell off our local cliff 2-3 years ago, so the FA was on "new" rock!

Cocoapuffs 1000 · · Columbus, OH · Joined Jun 2008 · Points: 50

Skull Fuck - NRG/Rifle
Hardcore Female Thrash - NRG
Hardcore Female Rash - NRG
Tigger Goes into the Enchanted Woods and Tears a Flapper in Pooh's Asshole - NRG
Cocaine Rodeo - Ten Sleep
Bikini Girls with Machine Guns - Ten Sleep
Ball Scratcher - RRG

Matthew Tangeman · · SW Colorado · Joined May 2015 · Points: 1,098

Crossing the Delaware With No Pants On
Hold On A Second My Elvis is Pinched

Vantage, WA

James.B · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2014 · Points: 0

I think my person favorite is "The Hardest 5.8 in the Rockies" (5.11c) thecrag.com/climbing/canada…

. . · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jun 2013 · Points: 10

The Official Route of the 1984 Olympics

Matt Z · · Bozeman, MT · Joined Mar 2012 · Points: 161

Big fan of "Offwidth Your Head" at Indian Creek.

Lots of others at the Creek too. Fingers in a Light Socket, Belly Full of Bad Berries, etc

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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