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Naming rights on FAs (aka The Law of Ming) 11-Jul-2006 At 12:42:42 PM sticky

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On 11/07/2006 Dave J wrote:
>There is another type of route naming protocol which hasnt been discussed
>as yet....the naming if
>individual pitches on multipitch routes...Like the (as yet unclimbed)
>second pitch of mirage...Mirage
>heads up the wall to a legde and there is a distinct line from there to
>the top of the crag...In my mind it
>should be one route.
>

Gotta say - I like where a pitch in a multipitch climb is so special that it warrants a name in and of itself - eg The Grand Wall on The Chief in Squamish. Two of its classic pitches - The Split PIllar and the Sword of Damocles, are both highlight climbs in their own right and well named for the features they traverse.

It's mainly a product of former aid climbs isn't it? Is that why it's no so common here -not so many big walls in Oz?