The Best Route Names

When in Doubt, Run it Out - Upper Crust, Pinnacles

Pancake butt dumpster slut - in a relatively new crag in Arizona

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No mistake or big pancake/Make that move or six-foot groove/

Earths Clitoris

Chocolate Doobie - in maple canyon UT

Consolation Prize- Lost City, The Gunks.   Backstory:  We had climbed a really great line as a first ascent.  When we got to dinner and told Kevin Bein, he started laughing and told me we were at least the third party to think it was a First Ascent.  I had spotted a line to left and went and did that instead.  While it's a great route, Red Route is amazing.  We got the consolation prize.

Gravity's Rainbow: Inspired me to read the book.  Best Author since James Joyce.

Casual Route
Persistent Vegetative State
Edge of Time

Christopher Woodall wrote: 
A Dare By The Sea - Otter Cliffs

You know the significance - right?  Who it was named for.

Airation is a personal fav the name really captures the exposure that you feel climbing the crack. also More Hustle Than Muscle in j tree a bit lesser know but a fun route in addition to the cool name (best with a German accent). Also in jtree Heart of Darkness, and Bearded cabbage plus Fote Hog, would love some background on that one.

I've always liked route names that tell a story, as well -

A Bolt, A Bashie & A Bold Mantle - Joshua Tree

Darshan - AKA Rip-off - ORG

MisterE Wolfe wrote: I've always liked route names that tell a story, as well -

A Bolt, A Bashie & A Bold Mantle - Joshua Tree

Darshan - AKA Rip-off - ORG

Boston

JHCOB wall (Jesus H Christ On a Bicycle) - big cottonwood canyon, utah
Going down to Almo with a lipstick in my purse - City of Rocks
Just Another Mormon on Drugs - City of Rocks

Nice Jugs, Pretty Face (for obvious reasons)
The Sword of Damocles (flake hanging above you)
Static Cling (It might help you stick to the tiny holds and slippery basalt)
Astrologger (like Astroman, but with a Squamish twist)

The legendary John Strand and the ageless hard man Tom Callaghan came up with some great names for their many (death) routes on New Hampshire's crags.  Here's a few of them:

—Malt Therapy
—Reelin' in the Fears
—Footsy Quence
—Slip o' Fools
—Way Radical
—Black Flies Consume Jim Dunn
—Stretched on Your Grave

Nick Grant wrote: The legendary John Strand and the ageless hard man Tom Callaghan came up with some great names for their many (death) routes on New Hampshire's crags.  Here's a few of them:

—Malt Therapy
—Reelin' in the Fears
—Footsy Quence
—Slip o' Fools
—Way Radical
—Black Flies Consume Jim Dunn
—Stretched on Your Grave

Is that the same Dunn responsible for the route Robbed at Dunn Point?

Nick Grant wrote: The legendary John Strand and the ageless hard man Tom Callaghan came up with some great names for their many (death) routes on New Hampshire's crags.  Here's a few of them:

—Malt Therapy
—Reelin' in the Fears
—Footsy Quence
—Slip o' Fools
—Way Radical
—Black Flies Consume Jim Dunn
—Stretched on Your Grave

I was going to say Reelin in the Fears... my favorite route name. A reference to the song, and the scariness of the climb.... 

Phone call for Dr Cippen at Marconis cove

TAGG C wrote: Airation is a personal fav the name really captures the exposure that you feel climbing the crack. also More Hustle Than Muscle in j tree a bit lesser know but a fun route in addition to the cool name (best with a German accent). Also in jtree Heart of Darkness, and Bearded cabbage plus Fote Hog, would love some background on that one.

Heart of Darkness is a Joseph Conrad novel that was the inspiration of Apocalypse Now the Vietnam War film.

The crack is in a dark corridor with dark stone and is probably the best rock in J-Tree.

Pretty sure it was Jimmy's idea when he and I thought we were doing the FA...turns out Dale Bard and Rick Cashner may have done it first and were given the FA but they never confirmed that this was the crack they climbed.

Adam Eisenbarthwrote: If anyone ever gets a FA on a crimpy route, a good name would be, Diary of a Crimpy Kid.

Route on Charolette Dome with this name. Idk how crimpy it is 

I always enjoyed "Four Shower Tokens, a Guinness, and My Girl" in the red.