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20-Mar-2012 11:08:21 AM
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There is some self evident slang in climbing: 'crater', 'top out', 'whipper', etc. are obviously.
What about the origins of 'jugging', 'hand dogging', 'carrots', 'fifi hook', 'bongs', RURPs (I know what it stands for but it's a strange term), etc. that are a bit odder or more obscure?
On a related note and not being a route establisher, how do climbing areas get naming themes, just grows organically?
P
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20-Mar-2012 11:15:17 AM
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Surely carrots is just because they look like carrots?
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20-Mar-2012 11:39:32 AM
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On 20/03/2012 bones wrote:
>Surely carrots is just because they look like carrots?
Or because so much of them sticks out above the "ground"?
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20-Mar-2012 11:48:43 AM
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On 20/03/2012 PDRM wrote:
> 'hand dogging',
Do you mean "Hang Dogging" - As in "Low down, conniving, should be hung like a dog”. A reference to the practice.
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20-Mar-2012 12:05:08 PM
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There's something new around that might help though not many people have heard of it yet. It's called Google (funny name I know). The beauty of it is that you put in a phrase (say "climbing term bong") and Google will search for references to it and there's a fairly good chance that you'll find something useful like :
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=jpcXCRMyDGwC&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&dq=climbing+term+bong&source=bl&ots=eWsDIphbAg&sig=JH09Dxe4Bg-4I83P3J9bRxnEl-k&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sdVnT_XbHYqPmQWvoIz7CA&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=climbing%20term%20bong&f=false
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20-Mar-2012 12:50:26 PM
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On 20/03/2012 kieranl wrote:
>There's something new around that might help though not many people have
>heard of it yet. It's called Google (funny name I know). The beauty of
>it is that you put in a phrase (say "climbing term bong") and Google will
>search for references to it and there's a fairly good chance that you'll
>find something useful like :
>http://books.google.com.au/books?id=jpcXCRMyDGwC&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&dq=climbing+term+bong&s
>urce=bl&ots=eWsDIphbAg&sig=JH09Dxe4Bg-4I83P3J9bRxnEl-k&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sdVnT_XbHYqPmQWvoIz7C
>&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=climbing%20term%20bong&f=false
Hmm, many of these so called explanations seem very post hoc. That one in particular.
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20-Mar-2012 12:59:35 PM
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On 20/03/2012 PDRM wrote:
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>Hmm, many of these so called explanations seem very post hoc. That one
>in particular.
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Not sure what you mean by that. Also note that the american pronounciation that I have heard sounds like "boing-boing", which is closer to the actual sound of an angled steel peg than our pronounciation "bong".
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20-Mar-2012 12:59:45 PM
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You have to understand the historical setting in order to understand the origins of some of the terms. RURP - think alternative/acid/west -coast/altered states. A local derivative was the name for the now defunct (I think) Brisbane Rockclimbing Club magazine - RURP - The Realised Ultimate Reality Publication of the BRC.
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20-Mar-2012 1:10:03 PM
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On 20/03/2012 Eduardo Slabofvic. wrote:
>On 20/03/2012 PDRM wrote:
>> 'hand dogging',
>
>Do you mean "Hang Dogging" - As in "Low down, conniving, should be hung
>like a dog”. A reference to the practice.
I once hear a climber refer to climbing a route in 'soft euro hangdog style' but never really understood what it meant.
So much for 'the leader never falls!'
These Gen Y's...........
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20-Mar-2012 1:13:24 PM
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On 20/03/2012 kieranl wrote:
>There's something new around that might help though not many people have
>heard of it yet. It's called Google (funny name I know). The beauty of
>it is that you put in a phrase (say "climbing term bong") and Google will
>search for references to it and there's a fairly good chance that you'll
>find something useful like :
>http://books.google.com.au/books?id=jpcXCRMyDGwC&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&dq=climbing+term+bong&s
>urce=bl&ots=eWsDIphbAg&sig=JH09Dxe4Bg-4I83P3J9bRxnEl-k&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sdVnT_XbHYqPmQWvoIz7C
>&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=climbing%20term%20bong&f=false
Argh Kieran you suck, it's only $13.21 at Book Depository, I'm going to have to buy it now. Then again I still have to buy 9 out of 10 Climbers ...
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20-Mar-2012 1:33:45 PM
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On 20/03/2012 MisterGribble wrote:
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>These Gen Y's...........
...... wouldn't work in an iron lung. The lot of 'em.
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20-Mar-2012 6:12:28 PM
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There's a load of definitions of stuff things here: http://www.climbingterms.com/
Enough to make a book apparently.
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20-Mar-2012 6:26:09 PM
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terms are like periods.
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20-Mar-2012 8:24:07 PM
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You're really happy when they start because it means you're not going to be a dad and then you're over them and wish they'd end?
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20-Mar-2012 10:29:16 PM
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On 20/03/2012 ajfclark wrote:
>You're really happy when they start because it means you're not going to
>be a dad and then you're over them and wish they'd end?
Your terrible.
After 10yrs of shitty relationships I always forgot and was always genuinely surprised every month. Friggen men.
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20-Mar-2012 10:37:33 PM
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They should make an app for that.
Back in the day I remember seeing an ad for a phone aimed at women (pink with diamantes) that had what they called the "Blue Calendar" to remind women when their period was next starting and they might start being sad/angry/psycho/etc for no reason.
Seemed pretty useless for women but how many lives could it have saved?
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20-Mar-2012 11:01:28 PM
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Obviously Hannah is not a devoted reader of Chockstone. Smart girl.
Bring on the app.
;)
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