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	JCM · Mar 11, 2012 · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jun 2008 · Points: 115 s.price wrote: I'm intrigued. Hook up an explanation. Wikipedia to the rescue en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafoni Tafoni is cool when it is solid, but it is often found on choss. 0 Flag Quote
	PRRose · Mar 11, 2012 · Boulder · Joined Feb 2006 · Points: 0 sentrybox cheese grater dime (edge) smear pimple 0 Flag Quote
	kwyatt · Mar 12, 2012 · NC · Joined Mar 2010 · Points: 10 anybody say "eyebrow" yet? what about "gendarme" btw tafoni looks awesome 0 Flag Quote
	DannyUncanny · Mar 12, 2012 · Vancouver · Joined Aug 2010 · Points: 100 I still don't know the difference between a right-facing and left-facing dihedral or what right-leaning and left-leaning means for that matter. Also I have learned that "obvious" always means the opposite of what I think it means: "follow the trail to the obvious boulders and bushwhack uphill" 0 Flag Quote
	Alex Swan · Mar 12, 2012 · West · Joined Dec 2011 · Points: 25 Baby's Bottom 0 Flag Quote
	Bobby Hanson · Mar 12, 2012 · Spokane, WA · Joined Oct 2001 · Points: 1,230 Newton wrote: Pretty sure the Vegas folk call this type of rock varnish, but what about the individual blocks? Armor plates? Just "plates". Also sometimes used for chickenheads that are plate-like. 0 Flag Quote
	Bobby Hanson · Mar 12, 2012 · Spokane, WA · Joined Oct 2001 · Points: 1,230 Kitty litter: a very specific type of chossiness often found on granite. Also, exfoliation. 0 Flag Quote
	M Sprague · Mar 12, 2012 · New England · Joined Nov 2006 · Points: 5,090 spooge - small, slimy rounded hold vein, mantle shelf, cobble, death block 0 Flag Quote
	Alex McIntyre · Mar 12, 2012 · Tucson, AZ · Joined Jan 2011 · Points: 546 Credit card! 0 Flag Quote
	JJNS · Mar 12, 2012 · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2008 · Points: 531 gasto-cling bass mouth bevel matchbox S.A.C= slopey ass crimp tootsie roll mail slot pencil starfish bowling ball India 0 Flag Quote
	Glenn Schuler · Mar 12, 2012 · Monument, Co. · Joined Jun 2006 · Points: 1,330 Newton wrote: Pretty sure the Vegas folk call this type of rock varnish, but what about the individual blocks? Armor plates? Shingles? Shake? I'd call it gator skin. 0 Flag Quote
	J C Wilks · Mar 12, 2012 · Loveland, CO · Joined Aug 2006 · Points: 310 Wave solution edges on limestone phenocrysts glacial polish glacial chatter rotten (granite) like a pomegranate guillotine monodoit keyhole slot pebble pinch drill holes flexible mica book book pages knife edge could be a flake or ridge tooth fang rib 0 Flag Quote
	Kevin Chuba · Mar 13, 2012 · Salt Lake City, UT · Joined Mar 2012 · Points: 135 Newton wrote: Pretty sure the Vegas folk call this type of rock varnish, but what about the individual blocks? Armor plates? Shingles? Shake? And those sections of sharp tiny sharp limestone spikes? I think "prickles" works well. What is a boss or a tongue? I climbed on somthing simular in a place called the Needles, in northern ID. The only thing I could think of was Tetris. 0 Flag Quote
	Eric Krantz · Mar 13, 2012 · Black Hills · Joined Feb 2004 · Points: 420 In a recent trip report, the only three features my buddy mentions haven't been mentioned here yet. 0 Flag Quote
	FrankPS · Mar 13, 2012 · Atascadero, CA · Joined Nov 2009 · Points: 276 Eric Krantz wrote:In a recent trip report, the only three features my buddy mentions haven't been mentioned here yet. Huh? Come again? 0 Flag Quote
	thomas ellis · Mar 13, 2012 · abq · Joined Oct 2009 · Points: 2,615 Crossly, dong, vag, sugar cooky, mammoth rub, bung hole, mail slot 0 Flag Quote
	Nathan Stokes · Mar 13, 2012 · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2008 · Points: 440 Newton wrote: Pretty sure the Vegas folk call this type of rock varnish, but what about the individual blocks? Armor plates? Shingles? Shake? And those sections of sharp tiny sharp limestone spikes? I think "prickles" works well. What is a boss or a tongue? Scale (?) 0 Flag Quote
	Kent Pease · Mar 13, 2012 · Littleton, CO · Joined Feb 2006 · Points: 1,066 Splitter. The most misused term around. Check out the Climbing Dictionary – lots of good stuff there. mountaineersbooks.org/produ…. 0 Flag Quote
	Newton · Mar 13, 2012 · Colorado Springs, CO · Joined Nov 2006 · Points: 155 Eric Krantz wrote:In a recent trip report, the only three features my buddy mentions haven't been mentioned here yet. Well, tell us what they are! 0 Flag Quote
	Puzman puziss · Mar 13, 2012 · Unknown Hometown · Joined Apr 2009 · Points: 45 Gaston! (say it in an outrageous french accent, you dirty english pig-dogs!) 0 Flag Quote