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Under the assumption that they are often crag/regional classics or test pieces, I've been looking to make a ticklist of routes that are named using demonyms (i.e. after the people of a region). Not that I will ever be able to climb them all...
So far: the Torridonian, the Cumbrian, the Keswickian, the Northumbrian, the Lewisian...
Any more to add? Or know if this ticklist already exists?
The list could be expanded to include the likes of the Quarryman
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There's The Yorkshireman at Kyloe In.
There's a boulder problem at Yeadon called The Cestrian (a person from Chester/Cheshire).
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Sassenach?
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The Philistine
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There's the northerner and the midlander in Cwm Cywarch.
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does Yorkshire 8b (8a) or Northerners Can't Climb (E5 6b) count?
something that might help is if you use the climb search facility and type Yorkshire for example you get lots of suggestions of climbs that contain that word.
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Alien .
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Jocks and Geordies (f6C) 2 for 1!
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In reply to Andy Hardy:
Surely that's named after the strip in The Dandy?
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The Aberdonian (HVS 5b) (awaiting a 2nd ascent?)
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Essex Buoys (VS 5a) or Essex Buoy (HVS 6a), the latter looking particularly appropriate and one I must search out on my next return to my birth county.
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The Herbrudean (E5 6a)The Herbrudean (E5 6a)
Sort of..... Not sure why spelt like this.
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The Royal Forester.
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A mate and me did a pretty obscure new route not far from Russian border in Eastern Finland, and (very humbly) named it after ourselves! Or at least our home county/state.
Worcestershire-Montana Route (HVS 5b)
I don't know if there is really a demonym for Worcestershire, google suggests someone from Montana is a Montanan, which makes sense although I don't think I've ever heard it used.
In reply to pancakeandchips:
Also on Craig Llywelyn in Cywarch, sharing the top pitch with Midlander, is Man of Kent, VS4c.
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The Russian at Symonds Yat.
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In reply to Myfyr Tomos:
I wonder when any of those routes was last climbed?
In reply to pancakeandchips:
Acheron and Doom, maybe, but I think the others are seldom visited.
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Indian Face.
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In the Alps and Frankenjura the must be thousands of routes called "Nürnberger Weg" named after the DAV section the first ascendants belonged to.
CB
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there damn well should be routes called "Brigantes" and "Carvetii"
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Saxon in West Penwith
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There's a Finnish Route (or Via della Finns or something, probably) on some tower in the Dolomites which I think is something of an area classic, memorable to me because we climbed it behind a party of actual Finns.
jcm
In reply to johncoxmysteriously:
Via Finlandia, Cinque Torri?
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Yorkshire Lads (6b) or more like soft lads(I’ve done it)
In reply to earlsdonwhu:
> The Russian at Symonds Yat.
Which should probably be renamed "The Ukrainiain"?
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If I remember correctly there are two adjacent routes named "Northerners Can't Climb" and "Southerners Can't Climb" somewhere on Peak Limestone.
Martin
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The Skraeling (IV 5) on Beinn an Dothaidh
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Dinner With The Creggs, Cornakey Cliff.
It's not quite what you asked after, but it might count, in them being a local family? They'd invite people round/in for dinner, and then eat them.
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Bawbags: Tory voters
https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crags/orchestra_cave-10092/bawbags-61942...
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Munich Climb on Tryfan
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'Lesser Known Tunisians' at Pordenack
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Bull's Crack
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Down Every Hole There's a Cornishman (HS 4b)
There are lots of Norsemen to choose from.
And for occupations:
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On the Trollveggen (Troll Wall) the first three routes were Norskeruta (n7) (Norwegian route), Rimmonruta / Engelskruta (pre 1998 rockfall) (n6+) (Rimmond/English route) and Franskeruta (A4) (French route). Later Svenskeruta (n7-) (the Swedish route) was added.
In Ariege there is the sector Ornolac Britannique close to the sector Ornolac Les Toulousains.
The Slovak climbing legend Igor Koller has put up tons of routes all over the world that almost all are invariable called the “Czech route”. Except The Fish. The Fish is called The Fish.
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In reply to O_carr:the world versus Gibson, Witches Point?
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A now unacceptable route name. W-gs at Chudleigh. Renamed recently as Jollies Route.
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