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 JJL 26 Aug 2016
Some of these stories are getting lost in the new wave of guidebooks.

Pregnant Pause - the last route JimR did before birth of his third child. He paid Pete to bolt it for him.

Liquid Ambar - 'cos Jerry can't spell

Janus - God of doors; when Johnny's ego was running a little hot

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Clauso 26 Aug 2016
In reply to JJL:

Kipling Groove, because Arthur Dolphin existed solely on a diet of Almond Slices.
 Michael Gordon 26 Aug 2016
In reply to JJL:

> when Johnny's ego was running a little hot

I'd go with 'Dawes of Perception' for that!
In reply to JJL:

I thought the whole point about Janus was that he was two-faced i.e. looked both forward and back (thus January).
In reply to JJL:
> Liquid Ambar - 'cos Jerry can't spell

Isn't that the correct spelling for a type of tree (albeit it should be one word)? I think jerry named the climb as a tribute to his brother who was a botanist / arboriculture type.
 SenzuBean 26 Aug 2016
In reply to JJL:

MaDMAn (E8 6b)
It's probably exceedingly obvious to almost everyone, but there's a second word inside of the first, and I wonder if there's a reason why.
In reply to JJL:

Dinosaur (E5 6a) was so called on the grounds that you needed a small brain and a long neck to try it.

T.
OP JJL 26 Aug 2016
In reply to Pursued by a bear:

As was "Vanishing giraffes"
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OP JJL 26 Aug 2016
In reply to Clauso:
Ha! Wasn't he a cupcake?

Young men on fire - named after they were struck by lightning on the summit

Drummond Base - direct start to Ed's route
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lostcat 26 Aug 2016
In reply to JJL:



> Liquid Ambar - 'cos Jerry can't spell
Hmm. Jerry could, guide book writers couldn't!

Removed User 26 Aug 2016
In reply to JJL:

Last Day in Purgatory. AFAIK, named by Con Higgins the day before he emigrated to Canada.
lostcat 26 Aug 2016
In reply to SenzuBean:

Of course there's a reason why. It was 1994, everyone, including top climbers were off their heads on MDMA aka ecstasy
 Chris Harris 26 Aug 2016
In reply to thebigfriendlymoose:

> Isn't that the correct spelling for a type of tree (albeit it should be one word)? I think jerry named the climb as a tribute to his brother who was a botanist / arboriculture type.

Yes, one word - Liquidambar. And yes, named in honour of his brother. It appeared in the new routes sections of the mags as 2 words at the time.
 kwoods 26 Aug 2016
In reply to JJL:

A friend and I called a climb of ours Impact after the (rockfall) impact crater left at the second belay stance.... a close call that one.
 Aly 27 Aug 2016
In reply to Gordon Stainforth:
And the grade of E7 7a not for the climbing, but because the grooves look like two sevens...
Brilliant
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 Chris Harris 27 Aug 2016
In reply to JJL:


> Young men on fire - named after they were struck by lightning on the summit

Bugaboos?

 andrew ogilvie 27 Aug 2016
In reply to JJL:
Your post has stabbed at my open wound...Its not a particularly great story , nor of historic importance but it is my story.

Thursday the Twelfth (IV 5)

The first ascent of "Thursday the twelfth" on Beinn Ime
abseil 27 Aug 2016
In reply to JJL:

White Slab, Cloggy, named because it climbs a huge white slab.
In reply to JJL:

The White Hotel - Huntsman's Leap. "Pat succumbs to chalk." Quote from Pembroke guidebook.
In reply to Aly:

> And the grade of E7 7a not for the climbing, but because the grooves look like two sevens...

> Brilliant

Actually, most of Johnny's route names are brilliant. Like the guy.
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