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nomenclature, extreme sports, my obsessions 

Today I learned that every climbing route up El Capitan, the terrifying vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park, has its own name. I've always had a fascination with ornate lists of names, and this one is definitely pinging it.

supertopo.com/bigwalls/yosemit

nomenclature, extreme sports, my obsessions 

@zebratron2084 Every single one of these names would make a convincing gun in Destiny, and I'm very here for this.

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@hystericempress Bonus material, from a related attempt to glean ship names from a list of organ stops, submitted without commentary:

organstops.org/f/Fuchsschwanz.

nomenclature, extreme sports, my obsessions 

@zebratron2084 Highly recommend you watch Free Solo!

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