well done richard,
& thank you everyone else.
i like
mank = vegetation, slime, organic, wet (it exists in our time scale, that of the living organism. you deal with it, it comes back, you deal with it, etc.)
choss = loose, sandy, shattered (like vertical scree)(& it exists in a geological time scale where we are but the blink of a giant silicious exfoliating eyelid)
manky = crappy (crap being organic & wet)
and of course it doesn't matter,
but in the greater scheme of things, neither does climbing,
WHICH IS WHAT MAKES IT SO IMPORTANT |