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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Nov 21, 2014 - 02:28pm PT
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I propose a new age rating system, the YDS, or Yosemite Degradation System.
Crass 1 thru Crass 6.
Brilliant!
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Nov 21, 2014 - 02:46pm PT
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The "c" word must be Crass 6, no?
:-)
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kev
climber
A pile of dirt.
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Nov 21, 2014 - 03:31pm PT
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Maybe the Prude Police should organize and reach out to creators of route names they deem offensive. The PG name could be used in print and for church outings and such.
Kinda like adding bolts to ballsy leads, they could negotiate for official sanitized secondary nomenclature with the approval of the FA.
+1
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Nov 21, 2014 - 03:57pm PT
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Kinda like adding bolts to ballsy leads, they could negotiate for official sanitized secondary nomenclature with the approval of the FA
There would have to be a wuss detection unit installed that would snap the hangers shut when a certain level of bad-assness was detected...
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Nov 21, 2014 - 07:52pm PT
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"Spider tends to come across to me as insulting to. Sort of Lofty superiority"
More weird. Can't see where that comes from.
"Some of these seem a bit offensive. But I personally don't give a damn. "
No vagina, eh?
Best Summaries (thusfar):
"All that I wanted to do was to say that I didn't care for some of the names used and wish that people would dial it back."
"Some random guy on the internet wrote 'we can do better' and a few old farts go ape sh#t (about the route names they bestowed) calling all sorts of names in response."
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skitch
climber
East of Heaven
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I'll make it up to all of you with my new crag, the Wiener wall:
Left to right:
Short Shriveled and Stinky (short and a lil dirty at the end) 5.10D 1 star
Two Handfuls 5.9 (really long, with lots to hold onto) 3 stars
Long Thin and Beautiful (you'll be begging to give this one a go!) 5.11- 5 stars
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (AKA Mouthful) (you'll be panting when its all over) 5.10b/c 3 stars
Size Matters (better stretch for this one!) 5.9/11- (height dependent) 4 stars
Black Monster (not a good way to warm up) 5.10d 5 stars
Morning Towel Hanger (really great diving board like feature) 5.8 3 stars
Leans to the Left (Goes straight, but halfway it starts to jog left) 5.12- 5 stars
One Pound Hog (you may need your knee pads to make this a little bit more do-able) 5.11 3 stars
Duper Scooper (kinda dirty, but good way to end the day) 5.10a 2 stars
Harder than it Looks (looks like it will be a nice easy warm-up, but you better be have them muscles ready!) 5.12c 5 stars
Ass Ripper (serious stemming) 5.10+/11- 2 stars
Ski Poling (climb the duel tufas) 5.11C 5 stars
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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It's one thing to be 16 years old in a sport only pursued by a few weirdos,
and you and your buddies almost fall over laughing at the names you pick. And then you grow up, have kids and grand kids,
and these names show up in printed books and stories,
and somewhere along the line,
you have to explain to your 8 year old daughter the meaning of Anal Tongue Darts.
It's like a fat person rueing that bloated tattoo that looked so cool when they were young and skinny.
Only much worse.
But leaving those kinds of issues aside, I've had plenty of laughter and enjoyment reading crass route names,
and would find something lost from the sport and community if we had "Route 1, El Capitan West" "Route 3c, El Capitan East".
How to reconcile it all?
For starters, I'll teach my daughter to climb routes, not to skim through guidebooks or use online forums! ;)
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