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Two-of-a-kind Route Names

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Eli Johnson · · Duluth, MN · Joined Jun 2019 · Points: 348

There are hundreds of routes named West Face or The Nose,

(Likely) only one route named Magical Chrome Plated Semi-Automatic Enema Syringe,

but what are some rarer route names that have only been used twice (or thrice)?

Here's my submission:

Speaking Moistly 5.10a

Speaking Moistly 5.12b

j mo · · n az · Joined Jan 2009 · Points: 1,200

I would like to make it extremely clear that not only do I despise this route name, but I despise others like it. Come on people. Lame. We are engaged in a glorious battle with fear  not a junior high locker room in the 80’s 

that said, this one fits your category:

https://www.mountainproject.com/route/106181212/smell-my-finger

https://www.mountainproject.com/route/105989635/smell-my-finger

Ricky Harline · · Angel's Camp, CA · Joined Nov 2016 · Points: 147
j mo wrote:

I would like to make it extremely clear that not only do I despise this route name, but I despise others like it. Come on people. Lame. We are engaged in a glorious battle with fear  not a junior high locker room in the 80’s 

that said, this one fits your category:

https://www.mountainproject.com/route/106181212/smell-my-finger

https://www.mountainproject.com/route/105989635/smell-my-finger

Lmao that's the name you hate so much? Was expecting so much worse. 

I find this extremely amusing. I relish in your unfounded hatred. Are there any more innocent targets of your raging hatred you desire to share? I already need my next fix. 

Will Charbonneau · · Boise, ID · Joined Nov 2019 · Points: 133

Tribal Boundaries 5.12a/b

Tribal Boundaries 5.10a/b

Now to find someone who has ticked both routes in a two-of-a-kind pair

F r i t z · · (Currently on hiatus, new b… · Joined Mar 2012 · Points: 1,155

Astro Goat 5.11c/d, Mt. Evans

AstroGote 5.11-, Grand Junction

Evan Rinaldi · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Nov 2021 · Points: 15
Sean Sullivan · · Idyllwild, CA · Joined Apr 2010 · Points: 115

This is fun. How about "The Trough"?

https://www.mountainproject.com/route/105799071/the-trough (Big Rock, CA)

https://www.mountainproject.com/route/105861086/the-trough (Tahquitz, CA)

Also, Tahquitz and J-Tree both have left and right ski track routes.

Greg D · · Here · Joined Apr 2006 · Points: 883
june m · · elmore, vt · Joined Jun 2011 · Points: 116
Sean Sullivan wrote:

This is fun. How about "The Trough"?

https://www.mountainproject.com/route/105799071/the-trough (Big Rock, CA)

https://www.mountainproject.com/route/105861086/the-trough (Tahquitz, CA)

Also, Tahquitz and J-Tree both have left and right ski track routes.

There is left and right ski tracks at  smugglers. Notch, but they are ice routes

Tyler Stockdale · · Joshua Tree · Joined Oct 2017 · Points: 613

"The Becky Route"

Kevin R · · Westminster, CO · Joined May 2008 · Points: 320
Carson Sloan · · Boise, ID · Joined Mar 2022 · Points: 1,192
J E · · Wherever · Joined May 2019 · Points: 312
Zach Holt · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Nov 2014 · Points: 275

Looks like there are two MP routes with the name “Apocolypse Meow”

SethG · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Aug 2009 · Points: 291
Matt Griffin · · Madison, WI · Joined Aug 2018 · Points: 328
Creed Archibald · · Salt Lake City, UT · Joined Apr 2012 · Points: 1,026
j mo wrote:

I would like to make it extremely clear that not only do I despise this route name, but I despise others like it. Come on people. Lame. We are engaged in a glorious battle with fear  not a junior high locker room in the 80’s 

that said, this one fits your category:

https://www.mountainproject.com/route/106181212/smell-my-finger

https://www.mountainproject.com/route/105989635/smell-my-finger

I feel embarrassed for the FA party. These are grown-ass men who couldn’t think of anything more original than a 13-year-old boy whose entire understanding of sex is based on PornHub. 

Not Not MP Admin · · The OASIS · Joined Nov 2018 · Points: 17

There‘s too many named ”Arrowhead” or “First Date” to link individually

Dallin Carey · · Missoula · Joined Aug 2014 · Points: 222

Grand Central Couloir, North face of Mt. Kitchener, Canada

Grand Central Couloir, North Face of Sacajawea, Idaho

Alan Rubin · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Apr 2015 · Points: 10
Tyler Stockdale wrote:

"The Becky Route"

A number of years ago I had a conversation with a young climber from New England, who told me that he was heading to Washington state to climb “ the Becky Route”. When I asked him which one, all I got back was a blank stare.

My guess is that if you pick pretty much any name from Tolkien, you’ll find multiple routes bearing it ( almost invariably put up in the ‘70s/early’80s). 

Brandon White · · Breckenridge · Joined May 2018 · Points: 81

Not a route, but pretty much every state seems to have a Gill Boulder.
I've been having fun chasing him around the country falling off his climbs, starting in Wisconsin.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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