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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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