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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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