Re-name Vantage (Exit 143)

Man, people take things too seriously.

Eli.M wrote: . This would simplify as most relevant climbers are coming from Seattle.

Thats why they have a route named after them,  MFing 206er's

Funny thread OP. 8/10 due to the reaction you got from all the seattlites who don't get it.

Zacks wrote: Name everything after what's wrong with it.

I like this idea.

Vantage = The noob and dog circus
Smith = the land of steep mudpiles and bolts
Leavenworth = ticks and long walk land
Castle Rock = WHAT, I CAN'T HEAR YOU?
Index = the rainy place with steep rocks
Exit 38 = the rainy place with little rocks
Little Si = the rainy place with overhanging rocks
Squamish = the rainy canuck place with big rocks

Calling anything by its highway exit number is pretty stupid. 

Floyd Eggers wrote: Calling anything by its highway exit number is pretty stupid. 

Except maybe Exit 38 because it literally is just an exit to a one mile stretch of the old I 90.  There really is no other way to describe it. 

BrokenChairs BrettC wrote:

Except maybe Exit 38 because it literally is just an exit to a one mile stretch of the old I 90.  There really is no other way to describe it. 

Fire training location with rock climbing nearby?

Nick Drake wrote:

Fire training location with rock climbing nearby?

While true it just doesn't flow as well. 

I think we can all agree it should be called George, Washington.

ryanb wrote: I think we can all agree it should be called George, Washington.

Ummmm no George is a few miles past exit 143 along I90.  This suggested naming convention will lead to mass confusion and epics by car. 

Edit to Add: weird that my picture was inserted in the quoted text and not in my reply. Paging Nick. 

BrokenChairs ~ wrote:

Ummmm no George is a few miles past exit 143 along I90.  This suggested naming convention will lead to mass confusion and epics by car. 

Edit to Add: weird that my picture was inserted in the quoted text and not in my reply. Paging Nick. 

Click below the quote then paste the image.

It is called Frenchman Coulee in books, but over time people (including me) seem to like the shorter Vantage namesake. 

Floyd Eggers wrote:

Click below the quote then paste the image.

It is called Frenchman Coulee in books, but over time people (including me) seem like the shorter Vantage namesake.

I agree I've only ever heard it referenced as Vantage outside the guides.  

Nick Drake wrote:

Fire training location with rock climbing nearby?

I prefer "overflow truck parking when the exit 34 shoulder is full" 

or "truckers dump yer piss bottles here"

What's funny is 90% of the routes at vantage are actually in Echo basin, not frenchman coulee. Middle east wall, zig zag, feathers, and the sanctuary are in the coulee proper. 

Kyle Elliott wrote: What's funny is 90% of the routes at vantage are actually in Echo basin, not frenchman coulee. Middle east wall, zig zag, feathers, and the sanctuary are in the coulee proper. 

Exactly!

Kyle Elliott wrote: What's funny is 90% of the routes at vantage are actually in Echo basin, not frenchman coulee. Middle east wall, zig zag, feathers, and the sanctuary are in the coulee proper. 

Yeah this is totally confusing. Luckily all these areas fall under the very succinct title of Exit 143. Problem solved!!

s kf wrote: This is hilarious!
Not quite as premier as Exit 143, but also worth a stop are:
Mile 99, formerly known as Leavenworth, and Mile 37, formerly known as Index :)

Umm, which highway are you talking about?

rl23455 wrote:

Umm, which highway are you talking about?

Route 2, the highway those towns are on!

s kf wrote:

Route 2, the highway those towns are on!

It was rhetorical. If someone doesn't know the highways they'll got lost