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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 2, 2007 - 01:15am PT
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Groups of different species of birds have unique names, mostly derived from middle English. Why shouldn't the different sub-species of climbers have their own names? Ones that are imaginative and clever, that in one word whimsically or seriously sum up the characteristics of those people. Poetry.
Alpine climbers, ice climbers, classic climbers, climbers in Camp 4, wannabe climbers, novice climbers, sport climbers, and so on - each should have its own group name, or possibly names.
Some possible examples:
A frost of ice climbers
An inspiration of classic climbers
A solitude of solo climbers (but they don't come in groups)
A hang of Valley climbers
A multitude of sport climbers
A persistence of novices
A bounce of boulderers
What other ideas do people have? Bearing in mind that this is for fun, not to be nasty - anyone who says "A plague of sport climbers" or similar isn't playing fair.
For more ideas, some bird group names:
A bevy of quail
A brood of hens
A cast of hawks [or falcons]
A charm of finches
A colony of penguins
A company of parrots (I wonder if Crimpie knows?)
A congregation of plovers
A cover of coots
A covey of partridges [or grouse or ptarmigans]
A deceit of lapwings
A descent of woodpeckers
A dissimulation of birds
A dole of doves
An exaltation of larks
A fall of woodcocks
A flight of swallows [or doves, goshawks, or cormorants]
A gaggle of geese
A host of sparrows
A kettle of hawks [riding a thermal]
A murmuration of starlings
A murder of crows
A muster of storks
A nye of pheasants [on the ground]
An ostentation of peacocks
A paddling of ducks [on the water]
A parliament of owls
A party of jays
A peep of chickens
A pitying of turtledoves
A raft of ducks
A rafter of turkeys
A siege of herons
A skein of geese [in flight]
A sord of mallards
A spring of teal
A tidings of magpies
An unkindness of ravens
A watch of nightingales
A wedge of swans [or geese, flying in a "V"]
We often see these birds while climbing, and so it's helpful and erudite to know what we should call them in our TRs. For more, see http://baltimorebirdclub.org/gnlist.html
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paganmonkeyboy
Trad climber
the blighted lands of hatu
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a herd of dirtbags ?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Hey Anders,
Isn't there a name for these names of groups, like sesquepatalia or sumthin?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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A glower of nailers.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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a bowl of JTree climbers?
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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probably better: a clod of dirtbags
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 2, 2007 - 01:28am PT
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The English name is simply collective noun. There are a lot more - just google it, or see http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/collnoun.htm
I didn't have much luck with the Latin word - I don't have a very good dictionary, and the on line ones didn't do it.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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A brace of jammers.
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paganmonkeyboy
Trad climber
the blighted lands of hatu
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a smattering of rap bolters...
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Sesquipedalian: given to or characterized by the use of long words or many syllables.
Hmmm. I still say I recall a book of these groupings with a curious title something like this word.
It had all manner of names for groups of things; like a name for a group of vampires, such as a coven of witches and so on...
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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A spirit of alpinists.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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A hang of sportclimbers.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 2, 2007 - 01:55am PT
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An ascent of alpinists.
An aspiration of alpinists.
And other attractive alliterations.
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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A squeeze of offwidthers
A tweek of finger crackers
A tendon of crimpers
A twist of backsteppers
A slide of slab-masters
A twinge of toe-jammers
A Gaston of crack-pullers
A push of mantellers
A confusion of mixed (rock and ice) climbers
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Jay Wood
Trad climber
Fairfax, CA
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A rush of speed climbers
A spite of supertopians
A splash of deep water soloists
A sketch of C4 aiders
A scab of OW specialists
A blow of posers
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Loomis
climber
Blava nie, ty kokot!
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A cowardly group of climbers emulating cackling around the camp fire.
This does not apply if you are from central Europe. The run outs are way more severe than Tuolumne meadows
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
St. Looney
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A beanie of boulderers
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sean_barb
Trad climber
Suburb of Moore's Wall
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A spray of boulderers.
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JEM
Social climber
so cal
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Too much ...
You guys gotta lay off the weed. It didn't taste like av-gas did it?
JEM
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BlazeOn
Trad climber
Asheville, NC
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definately gonna use a "spray of bouldererererers"
A crust of trad climbers
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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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Timmc
climber
East Kootenays B.C.
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a chill of biviers?
a worry of rappellers?
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Mimi
climber
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A puzzle of mixed climbers.
A spawn of gym climbers.
A bastion of wide crack climbers.
A foundry of nailing aid climbers.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 2, 2007 - 09:45pm PT
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A bother of bolters.
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Owlman
Big Wall climber
Torrey, Utah
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A cunning array of shunts.
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Mimi
climber
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A dynamic of sport climbers.
A recondite of free soloists.
A stern of OW climbers.
A stalwart of free climbers.
A fervent of boulderers.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
one pass away from the big ditch
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Rhodo got it.
or a "non" of sport climbers
A tension of aid climbers
A tard of super-posters.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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A sweet lil' Bevy of Crag Betties.
(right here on the Taco no less)
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unnamable
climber
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A Frog of Euro's
A Fashion of Sport Climbers
A Conglomerate of Traditionalists
A Twight of Alpinists
A Legend of BVB's
A Decimal of Grade Seekers
A Grope of Off-Widthers
A Slip of Slab Climbers
A Launch of Lie-Backers
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 2, 2007 - 11:36pm PT
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Slightly regrouping, how about the various nations? It's always risky to stereotype and generalize, and easy to do so negatively, but some countries and peoples are known for their climbing character, or the character of their climbers. (Add "climber" to each below, as needed.)
A stoutness of Sherpas.
A merriness of 'Merrycans.
A kaleidoscope of Californians.
A dialect of Scots.
An engagement of English.
An orchestration of orcas. (If they could climb. "Pod" is dull.)
A freedom of French.
A confustication of Canadians. (Tolkien's word.)
Anyone else? Slovenia, Basques, Norway, Italy, Germany, Japan, Chile, etc etc...
ps This is hilarious! Thank you!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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A thrutch of OW climbers
A shuffle of liebackers
A quiver of hookers
A tinker of wall climbers
A rime of ice climbers
A clasp of face climbers
A madness of free soloists
A struggle of wall soloists
A picket of snow climbers
A bushwhack of mountaineers
A gawk of visitors
A sandbag of locals
A chisel of tricksters
A pride of traditionalists
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 2, 2007 - 11:52pm PT
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A pound of nailers.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 3, 2007 - 12:09am PT
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In honour of tarbuster's marvellous recent "Rockies Ramble" thread:
A rambunctiousness of ridge ramblers.
The Norwegian word for this is "fjell rangling" or "tinde rangling". Fjell meaning mountain, tinde meaning peak, and rangling meaning (roughly) wandering.
Roy: Fjell rangler extraordinaire.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Cheers to you Anders,
A can of canooks. (sp)
A vulgarity of Gunkies!
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Indianclimber
climber
Las Vegas
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Blinny How about a.
Fret of luthier's
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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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A chatter of Rock Monkeys
A sweat of Grippers
A tangle of White Powdered Rope Yankers
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cintune
climber
Penn's Woods
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An escalade of roped teams.
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Slimper
Trad climber
Saltwater, Ut
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A trust of trad-climbers
A Brush of Boulderers
A Rush of Speed climbers
A Clank of Creekers
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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A Confederacy of Dunces.
(borrowed, yes, from John Kennedy Toole, but applicable, no?)
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 3, 2007 - 10:06pm PT
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Here are (almost) all the entries so far. I divided things into categories that made sense to me anyway. I've omitted a few entries that weren't quite within the spirit of the project, or which I simply didn't get, and most of my own entries. I've also added a few subjective comments in [square] brackets.
Thanks to everyone for your creativity - this is fun! I liked almost everything that people have posted. English certainly is a neat language for this kind of stuff.
Classic
A crust of trad climbers (Blaze On)
A stalwart of free climbers (Mimi)
A conglomerate of traditionalists (unnamable) [Are they crumbling?]
An escalade of roped teams (cintune) [French freeing, no doubt.]
A trust of trad-climbers (Slimper)
A rack of trad climbers (radical) [Nice!]
Groups
A bowl of JTree climbers (Ed Hartouni) [JT, if you're you know who.]
A stoutness of Sherpas (Mighty Hiker)
A reverence of Stonemasters (Indianclimber)
A sandbag of locals (Steve Grossman) [Really?]
A clank of Creekers (Slimper)
A vulgarity of Gunkies (tarbuster) [Hee hee!]
Ice & Mixed
A spike of ice climbers (Jello)
A rime of ice climbers (Steve Grossman)
A confusion of mixed climbers (Jello) [You're the expert.]
A puzzle of mixed climbers (Mimi)
Alpinists
A spirit of alpinists (tarbuster)
A yodel of alpinists (Rhodo-Router) [In Switzerland, anyway.]
A hope of alpinists (radical)
A chill of biviers (Timmc)
A Twight of alpinists (unnamable)
A picket of snow climbers (Steve Grossman)
A bushwhack of mountaineers (Steve Grossman) [From the northwest, perhaps?]
Cracks & Liebacks
A brace of jammers (tarbuster)
A tweak of finger crackers (Jello)
A twinge of toe-jammers (Jello)
A Gaston of crack-pullers (Jello)
A four finger bag of thin crack climbers (Warbler) [?]
An unction of underclingers (EKat) [Do they talk to god?]
A launch of lie-backers (unnamable) [Hopefully not.]
A shuffle of liebackers (Steve Grossman)
A bed of laybackers (Jello)
Boulderers [Most of these seemed spot-on.]
A cabal of boulderers (tarbuster)
A beanie of boulderers (Crimpergirl) [Cute!]
A spray of boulderers (sean_barb) [Hard to imagine.]
A pad of boulderers (Indianclimber)
A spot of boulderers (radical)
A fervent of boulderers (Mimi)
A chatter of rock monkeys (Zander)
A brush of boulderers (Slimper)
A kicker of hackysackers (Warbler)
Offwidths [Most of these were TOO true to life.]
A gash of offwidthers (tarbuster)
A squeeze of offwidthers (Jello)
A scab of offwidthers (Jay Wood)
A maw of offwidth masochists (Nate D)
A bastion of wide crack climbers (Mimi)
A stern of offwidth climbers (Mimi)
A stack of offwidthers (Warbler)
A closet of chimney climbers (Warbler) [Why are they in a closet?]
A grope of off-widthers (unnamable)
A thrutch of offwidth climbers (Steve Grossman)
Sport
A smattering of rap bolters (paganmonkeyboy)
A whipper of sport climbers (paganmonkeyboy)
A hang of sport climbers (Jaybro)
A dangle of doggers (Rhodo-Router)
A dynamic of sport climbers (Mimi)
A fashion of sport climbers (unnamable)
Free Solo
A risk of free soloists (tarbuster)
A splash of deep water soloists (Jay Wood, Warbler) [Yep!]
A sack of free-soloists (Rick A)
A recondite of free soloists (Mimi)
A madness of free soloists (Steve Grossman)
Slabs & Faces
A tendon of crimpers (Jello) [Tendency?]
A twist of backsteppers (Jello)
A twinkle of foot-switchers (Jello)
A smidgeon of dime edgers (Warbler)
A bucket of jug haulers (Warbler)
A tremble of smearers (tarbuster)
A slide of slab-masters (Jello)
A smear of slab climbers (Warbler) [Metaphorical, I hope.]
A slip of slab climbers (unnamable)
A clasp of face climbers (Steve Grossman)
A sweat of grippers (Zander)
Aid & Walls
A glower of nailers (tarbuster)
A persistence of siegers (tarbuster)
A sketch of C4 aiders (Jay Wood)
A bivy of big wallers (Indianclimber)
A hook of aid climbers (radical)
A foundry of aid climbers (Mimi)
A stack of pin drivers (Warbler)
A stash of psycho-biviers (Warbler)
A tension of aid climbers (mungeclimber)
A quiver of hookers (Steve Grossman) [Poetic!]
A tinker of wall climbers (Steve Grossman)
A struggle of wall soloists (Steve Grossman)
Descending & Falling
A rabble of rappellers (tarbuster)
A worry of rappellers (Timmc)
A pale of screamer takers (Warbler)
A bail of rappellers (Warbler)
Morals & Ethics Committee
A jury of traditionalists (tarbuster)
A dearth of ethical practitioners (tarbuster)
A pocket of purists (tarbuster)
A panic of poseurs (tarbuster)
A bully of ethical pundits (Jello) [See Cerro Torre thread.]
A spite of SuperTopians (Jay Wood)
A blow of poseurs (Jay Wood)
A tard of super-posters (mungeclimber)
A posse of poseurs (EKat)
A decimal of grade seekers (unnamable)
Honourable Mention
A fret of luthiers (Indianclimber) [Or a fiddle of luthiers?]
An orchestration of orcas (Mighty Hiker) [OT - for EKat.]
A genuflect of telemark skiers (roy)
A litter of rescuers (Warbler) [Slightly changed.]
Various
A herd of dirtbags (paganmonkeyboy)
A clod of dirtbags (tarbuster)
A waste of cafeterians (tarbuster)
A convoy of talus monkeys (tarbuster) [What is a talus monkey?]
A flask of campfire hounds (tarbuster)
A cadre of first ascensionists (tarbuster)
A push of mantellers (Jello)
A rush of speed climbers (Jay Wood, Slimper)
A slouch of stoners (justthemaid)
A clutch of climbers (Rhodo-Router)
A spawn of slope-pulling sprites (Nate D)
A gape of tourons (Indianclimber)
A brace of bvbs (rmuir) [Popular guy. Repeated by unnamable.]
A spawn of gym climbers (Mimi) [Hints of Tolkien here?]
A pile of choss cleaners (Warbler)
A blast of Blinnies (Warbler) [Not really her style, though it's not hard to know when she's in the ST room.]
A case of deli hangers (Warbler)
A gawk of visitors (Steve Grossman)
A bevy of crag betties (tarbuster)
A gamble of 3rd classers (tarbuster)
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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That's real nice you did that Anders; I was hopin'.
And I know that's only half time entertainment, so let's kick it into gear and keep this ball game rollin'
A grandstand of spotters.
A 12 pack of valley boys.
A dime bag of woodsonites.
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Rocky5000
Trad climber
Falls Church, VA
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I've never seen such a wad of wankers.
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George R
climber
The Gray Area
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A "Drop" of gym climbers.
Edit:
Inspired by the thread on getting dropped, to which I, thankfully, have nothing to contribute.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 4, 2007 - 07:01pm PT
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Quality is of course as important as quantity, if not more so. One thoughtful or witty entry goes a long way. The most prolific entrants up until my thread maintenance post a few back, more or less:
tarbuster - 22
Warbler - 16
Jello - 13
Steve Grossman - 12
Mimi - 9
unnamable - 9
Jay Wood - 6
Indianclimber - 5
radical - 5
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 26, 2007 - 06:41pm PT
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Time for a bump, I think. I would, of course.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Nov 26, 2007 - 07:14pm PT
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a chase of El cap in a day-ers
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Nov 26, 2007 - 11:32pm PT
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a retreat of WallFools
(thanks to Russ for coining that last term!)
I remember getting a good laugh from the original Traprock guide, with Ken's alternative definition of Rabble as "a crowd of noisy, poorly dressed climbers."
[Edit to add:]
noobload of gearfreaks
sketchfest of noobs
flailure of bumblies
invasion of padpeople
dawn of deadheads
seamfull of deadheads
dazzle of rockgodesses
stupor of cragoglers
siege of hangdoggers
allure of cragvixen
swoon of midlifecrisisers
delight of EKats
verbiage of idlers
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 9, 2008 - 01:38am PT
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Reviving an old thread, which needs more fun.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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a recuse of flamers?
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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a Butt_Load of Ass_Pirates™™
(was this already taken?)
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Don't get me started with the Dick-Smokers, Russ. I was thinking more like a Fek off, eh of Hatten lovers. Or a stfu of Supertopians.
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Leavittator
climber
san diego, ca.
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Dec 12, 2008 - 08:41pm PT
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a Grid of Rap Bolters.
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nutjob
Stoked OW climber
San Jose, CA
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Dec 12, 2008 - 08:57pm PT
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a stink of pant-fillers
a buttload of pin-bangers
a corner of hookers
a bevy of bivy'ers
a scarf of Elvis-impersonators
a wanker of topians
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Leavittator
climber
san diego, ca.
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Dec 12, 2008 - 08:59pm PT
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So far Russ wins.
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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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Dec 13, 2008 - 12:57am PT
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bump because this should not be let go on a Friday night
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luggi
Trad climber
atwater california
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Dec 13, 2008 - 01:50am PT
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a splattering of crack attempters
a Freudian slip of big wall huggers
A rollie pollie of boulderers
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MisterE
Trad climber
My Inner Nut
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Dec 13, 2008 - 10:40am PT
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A murder of Hold-Chippers
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MH2
climber
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Dec 13, 2008 - 05:35pm PT
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a shovel of grovelers
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MH2
climber
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Dec 13, 2008 - 05:39pm PT
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a gravel of has-beens
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Indianclimber
Trad climber
Lost Wages
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Dec 13, 2008 - 05:41pm PT
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A forum of Supertopians
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MH2
climber
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Dec 13, 2008 - 05:45pm PT
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a hat-trick of never-weres
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MisterE
Trad climber
My Inner Nut
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Dec 13, 2008 - 05:49pm PT
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A quorum of Quibblers
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JohnRoe
Trad climber
State College, PA
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Dec 13, 2008 - 06:16pm PT
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An equation of geeks
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MisterE
Trad climber
My Inner Nut
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Dec 13, 2008 - 06:57pm PT
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That WAS nice...
a box of toothpicks?
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Dec 13, 2008 - 07:03pm PT
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a slam of soloists
I still like "Grip of Climbers"
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Leavittator
climber
san diego, ca.
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Dec 26, 2008 - 09:22pm PT
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a fistfull of 4" cracks
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Captain...or Skully
Trad climber
North of the Owyhees
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Dec 26, 2008 - 09:31pm PT
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An argument of Tacoists.....
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Captain...or Skully
Trad climber
North of the Owyhees
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Dec 26, 2008 - 11:08pm PT
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We're on a roll.......Good ones.
"A Cuppa Cappies"? Kath, there can be only one.
Sorry, I've always wanted to have a chance to say that.....
Haha. :-)
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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Dec 27, 2008 - 01:02am PT
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a jam of ligaments
a thrash of tendons
a cooker of crankers
....
"A party of jays ?"
yikes!!!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 27, 2008 - 12:51pm PT
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How about a Quarrel of Climbers???
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 27, 2008 - 11:59pm PT
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hey there, say... i like a "clump of climbers":
being that:
it can be said:
say, look over there, there is a clump here, and a clump there... and wow! look at the huge clump way over there... (for those paid-guide deals where all kinds of climber "go for it")...
then, too, if a climber is soloing.. welllllllll there is one solo climber here, and one way over there, and another perhaps just upwind from him---thus, to the eye, from far away, there is a "spread out clump" on that area of rock....
yep---i just love the sound of a "clump of climbers" off for a good day on the rocks...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 28, 2008 - 02:01pm PT
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A Legline of Prancers.....HoHoHo!
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 28, 2008 - 02:39pm PT
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Naah, we're much too refined to do anything so ungainly as "clumping". Instead, climbers:
Daintily dance on the diorite.
Prettily prance on the peridotite.
Ballet on the basalt.
Wittily waltz on the wall.
Artfully arabesque on the aplite.
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Captain...or Skully
Trad climber
North of the Owyhees
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Dec 28, 2008 - 02:42pm PT
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We used to 'clump' up on the 5.2-5.12 boulder........
I guess that's another story.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 28, 2008 - 02:54pm PT
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hey there mighty hiker, oh my... and ME a dancer... how COULD i have missed all THAT... :) :) :)
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Dec 28, 2008 - 03:25pm PT
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the next crop of crater bait
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 28, 2008 - 09:02pm PT
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Fancifully Flail on a Flake
Righteously Re-grip a Rugosité
Fearfully Festoon a Fissure
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Dec 28, 2008 - 09:06pm PT
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a google of tacoids?
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 25, 2009 - 03:53pm PT
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As it's well over 100 posts, this one has potential. Be nice, now!
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 26, 2011 - 08:51pm PT
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We never did finish this discussion, and some of the new faces likely have something to add.
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Ricardo Cabeza
climber
All Over.
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Jan 26, 2011 - 09:07pm PT
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Is it a Google of ST'ers?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 26, 2011 - 09:12pm PT
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To recapitulate...
Here are (almost) all the entries so far. I divided things into categories that made sense to me anyway. I've omitted a few entries that weren't quite within the spirit of the project, or which I simply didn't get, and most of my own entries. I've also added a few subjective comments in [square] brackets.
Thanks to everyone for your creativity - this is fun! I liked almost everything that people have posted. English certainly is a neat language for this kind of stuff.
Classic
A crust of trad climbers (Blaze On)
A stalwart of free climbers (Mimi)
A conglomerate of traditionalists (unnamable) [Are they crumbling?]
An escalade of roped teams (cintune) [French freeing, no doubt.]
A trust of trad-climbers (Slimper)
A rack of trad climbers (radical) [Nice!]
Groups
A bowl of JTree climbers (Ed Hartouni) [JT, if you're you know who.]
A stoutness of Sherpas (Mighty Hiker)
A reverence of Stonemasters (Indianclimber)
A sandbag of locals (Steve Grossman) [Really?]
A clank of Creekers (Slimper)
A vulgarity of Gunkies (tarbuster) [Hee hee!]
Ice & Mixed
A spike of ice climbers (Jello)
A rime of ice climbers (Steve Grossman)
A confusion of mixed climbers (Jello) [You're the expert.]
A puzzle of mixed climbers (Mimi)
Alpinists
A spirit of alpinists (tarbuster)
A yodel of alpinists (Rhodo-Router) [In Switzerland, anyway.]
A hope of alpinists (radical)
A chill of biviers (Timmc)
A Twight of alpinists (unnamable)
A picket of snow climbers (Steve Grossman)
A bushwhack of mountaineers (Steve Grossman) [From the northwest, perhaps?]
Cracks & Liebacks
A brace of jammers (tarbuster)
A tweak of finger crackers (Jello)
A twinge of toe-jammers (Jello)
A Gaston of crack-pullers (Jello)
A four finger bag of thin crack climbers (Warbler) [?]
An unction of underclingers (EKat) [Do they talk to god?]
A launch of lie-backers (unnamable) [Hopefully not.]
A shuffle of liebackers (Steve Grossman)
A bed of laybackers (Jello)
Boulderers [Most of these seemed spot-on.]
A cabal of boulderers (tarbuster)
A beanie of boulderers (Crimpergirl) [Cute!]
A spray of boulderers (sean_barb) [Hard to imagine.]
A pad of boulderers (Indianclimber)
A spot of boulderers (radical)
A fervent of boulderers (Mimi)
A chatter of rock monkeys (Zander)
A brush of boulderers (Slimper)
A kicker of hackysackers (Warbler)
Offwidths [Most of these were TOO true to life.]
A gash of offwidthers (tarbuster)
A squeeze of offwidthers (Jello)
A scab of offwidthers (Jay Wood)
A maw of offwidth masochists (Nate D)
A bastion of wide crack climbers (Mimi)
A stern of offwidth climbers (Mimi)
A stack of offwidthers (Warbler)
A closet of chimney climbers (Warbler) [Why are they in a closet?]
A grope of off-widthers (unnamable)
A thrutch of offwidth climbers (Steve Grossman)
Sport
A smattering of rap bolters (paganmonkeyboy)
A whipper of sport climbers (paganmonkeyboy)
A hang of sport climbers (Jaybro)
A dangle of doggers (Rhodo-Router)
A dynamic of sport climbers (Mimi)
A fashion of sport climbers (unnamable)
Free Solo
A risk of free soloists (tarbuster)
A splash of deep water soloists (Jay Wood, Warbler) [Yep!]
A sack of free-soloists (Rick A)
A recondite of free soloists (Mimi)
A madness of free soloists (Steve Grossman)
Slabs & Faces
A tendon of crimpers (Jello) [Tendency?]
A twist of backsteppers (Jello)
A twinkle of foot-switchers (Jello)
A smidgeon of dime edgers (Warbler)
A bucket of jug haulers (Warbler)
A tremble of smearers (tarbuster)
A slide of slab-masters (Jello)
A smear of slab climbers (Warbler) [Metaphorical, I hope.]
A slip of slab climbers (unnamable)
A clasp of face climbers (Steve Grossman)
A sweat of grippers (Zander)
Aid & Walls
A glower of nailers (tarbuster)
A persistence of siegers (tarbuster)
A sketch of C4 aiders (Jay Wood)
A bivy of big wallers (Indianclimber)
A hook of aid climbers (radical)
A foundry of aid climbers (Mimi)
A stack of pin drivers (Warbler)
A stash of psycho-biviers (Warbler)
A tension of aid climbers (mungeclimber)
A quiver of hookers (Steve Grossman) [Poetic!]
A tinker of wall climbers (Steve Grossman)
A struggle of wall soloists (Steve Grossman)
Descending & Falling
A rabble of rappellers (tarbuster)
A worry of rappellers (Timmc)
A pale of screamer takers (Warbler)
A bail of rappellers (Warbler)
Morals & Ethics Committee
A jury of traditionalists (tarbuster)
A dearth of ethical practitioners (tarbuster)
A pocket of purists (tarbuster)
A panic of poseurs (tarbuster)
A bully of ethical pundits (Jello) [See Cerro Torre thread.]
A spite of SuperTopians (Jay Wood)
A blow of poseurs (Jay Wood)
A tard of super-posters (mungeclimber)
A posse of poseurs (EKat)
A decimal of grade seekers (unnamable)
Honourable Mention
A fret of luthiers (Indianclimber) [Or a fiddle of luthiers?]
An orchestration of orcas (Mighty Hiker) [OT - for EKat.]
A genuflect of telemark skiers (roy)
A litter of rescuers (Warbler) [Slightly changed.]
Various
A herd of dirtbags (paganmonkeyboy)
A clod of dirtbags (tarbuster)
A waste of cafeterians (tarbuster)
A convoy of talus monkeys (tarbuster) [What is a talus monkey?]
A flask of campfire hounds (tarbuster)
A cadre of first ascensionists (tarbuster)
A push of mantellers (Jello)
A rush of speed climbers (Jay Wood, Slimper)
A slouch of stoners (justthemaid)
A clutch of climbers (Rhodo-Router)
A spawn of slope-pulling sprites (Nate D)
A gape of tourons (Indianclimber)
A brace of bvbs (rmuir) [Popular guy. Repeated by unnamable.]
A spawn of gym climbers (Mimi) [Hints of Tolkien here?]
A pile of choss cleaners (Warbler)
A blast of Blinnies (Warbler) [Not really her style, though it's not hard to know when she's in the ST room.]
A case of deli hangers (Warbler)
A gawk of visitors (Steve Grossman)
A bevy of crag betties (tarbuster)
A gamble of 3rd classers (tarbuster)
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 26, 2011 - 09:14pm PT
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The summary that Steve posted was from about 1/2 way through the thread - more ideas, and cleverness, followed it.
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Ricardo Cabeza
climber
All Over.
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Jan 26, 2011 - 09:20pm PT
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A spattering of free soloists.
A smear of slab specialists.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Jan 26, 2011 - 09:29pm PT
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Somehow, I had never noticed this thread.
I'm overwhelmed with the wit!
This thread is truly:
A Tsunami of Semantics.
And don't think that just because I live in Idaho,
that I'm anti-Semantic!
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Ricardo Cabeza
climber
All Over.
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Jan 26, 2011 - 09:33pm PT
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A schnoz of parties at the king swing.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 27, 2011 - 01:48am PT
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A klusterfrock of kingswingers.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jan 27, 2011 - 02:37am PT
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A Stack of wyde climbers
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Peter
Trad climber
San Francisco
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Jan 27, 2011 - 04:14am PT
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A resin of gym climbers
A gobie of fist crack climbers
A splat of over confident free soloists
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Placerville, California
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a bowel movement
of souls
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LB4USC
Trad climber
Long Beach
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A knot of noobs
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Gene
climber
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a maestri of bolters
a chisel of choppers
a Jello of bad-assedness
a donini of experience
a Prana of poseurs
an Anders of puns
a Taco of geezers
a Museman of inspiration
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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A cluster of aid climbers.
That's probably been said though.
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j-tree
Big Wall climber
Classroom to crag to summer camp
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Considering a group of monkey's is called a troop or a barrel it should makes sense to add
a troop of aid climbers
a barrel of aid climbers
or maybe...
a push of bigwallers?
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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A Culbert of bushwhacking mountaineers (Coast Mountains sub-section)
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Bushman
Social climber
Elk Grove, California
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'The Clamoring Throng'
The Lumbering Clutch did bivy the hutch,
'Til the Clamoring Throng did climb along,
They passed the Freeble of Farts as such,
And commenced to pound a boinging bong,
They ate some haggis for their lunch,
And pounded whilst they sang this song,
"Old Hang Nail was the party butch,
She dragged along our mascot Frong,
Our ringer from the Mustang Ranch,
Our standard pin a foot long dong,
A hundred feet the average pitch,
Our leader's name was Belayzall Wong,
Who's rope gun Mabel was his wench,"
They schmeered their slab with axle grong,
Them downward blanging inch by inch,
The Strung out Feathered Fripple flung,
Their hapless victims off the bench,
And ass-ended passing Climbatown Tong,
No racist sexist puns meant hence,
First prize was stole by the Clamoring Throng,
Who curtsied as they did commence,
To summit first and play ping pong.
-bushman
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MisterE
Gym climber
Being In Sierra Happy Of Place
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A Murder of Chippers.
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