remus

	Country	Contributions	Between	Climbers	Crags	Summits	Climbs	Ascents
1	United Kingdom	61520	14th November 2023 – 11th November 2026	1805	711	0	3142	5086
2	USA	26435	14th November 2023 – 11th November 2026	819	182	165	865	2434
3	France	12592	14th November 2023 – 11th November 2026	273	126	23	556	1047
4	Switzerland	10026	14th November 2023 – 11th November 2026	79	43	52	311	1127
5	Spain	8918	15th November 2023 – 11th November 2026	92	76	10	461	934
6	Italy	5171	16th November 2023 – 11th November 2026	120	59	30	196	387
7	Canada	4056	16th November 2023 – 11th November 2026	67	22	147	111	285
8	South Africa	3696	16th November 2023 – 11th November 2026	12	35	2	128	402
9	Germany	3313	16th November 2023 – 11th November 2026	120	49	1	106	236
10	Austria	2786	16th November 2023 – 11th November 2026	76	26	25	105	226

	Date	Time	User	Type	Name	Attribute
37841	17th September 2026	16:56:10 UTC	remus	ascent	Robin Barker's ascent of The Cocoa Team Special	notes_pretty
Before `<p>Robin came close to making the first ascent, but fell off the jamming crack</p>` After `<p>Robin came close to making the first ascent but fell off the jamming crack.</p>`
37842	17th September 2026	16:56:10 UTC	remus	ascent	Robin Barker's ascent of The Cocoa Team Special	notes
Before `Robin came close to making the first ascent, but fell off the jamming crack` After `Robin came close to making the first ascent but fell off the jamming crack.` Diff `--- before +++ after @@ -1 +1 @@ -Robin came close to making the first ascent, but fell off the jamming crack +Robin came close to making the first ascent but fell off the jamming crack.`
37843	17th September 2026	16:54:09 UTC	remus	library item	On The Edge 3	Contributor
Before `None` After `Grant Farquhar`
37844	17th September 2026	16:22:38 UTC	remus	library item	On The Edge 3	Contributor
Before `None` After `Mick Ryan`
37845	17th September 2026	16:20:58 UTC	remus	library item	On The Edge 3	notes_pretty
Before `None` After <h3>What's in a Name</h3> <p>by <a href="/climber/661/ed-douglas" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ed Douglas</a></p> <blockquote> <p>Route names: not one of climbing's more controversial subjects, you might think, but in recent months there has been an increase in opposition to some of the more nauseating habits of first ascentionists culminating in last month's Climber with a letter from an outraged <a href="/climber/4564/david-craig" rel="noopener noreferrer">David Craig</a> condemning the choice of the name <a href="/climb/8422/condome" rel="noopener noreferrer">Condome</a> for a new route on <a href="/crag/34866/diabaig" rel="noopener noreferrer">Diabaig</a> put up by <a href="/climber/520/dave-cuthbertson" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dave Cuthbertson</a>. Now I don't wish to enter into the politics of the thing (let's play 'wind up the SMC') but I'm increasingly worried by the extraordinarily narrow vision of people who should know better. Route naming has almost always been a vibrant and creative area and is another illustration of how climbing retains its individuality and ability for self-expression. Most of the time people limit themselves to Bob Dylan tracks and references to the physically and mentally demanding nature of the climb they've just done, for example <a href="/climber/213/mark-pretty" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mark Pretty's</a> Beef it! (subtle, eh?). Occasionally there comes along a real corker. Who can forget Paul Mitchell's The Snail and the Goat Meet Mr. Dali and His Amazing Performing Flapjacks, or what about Pete Oxley's neo-classic Rambling Moses Weetabix and the Secona Park Seven. For the more romantically minded there is Pearce and <a href="/climber/1235/ed-drummond" rel="noopener noreferrer">Drummond's</a> <a href="/climb/3136/a-dream-of-white-horses" rel="noopener noreferrer">A Dream of White Horses</a> or <a href="/climber/561/johnny-dawes" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dawes'</a> imagistic <a href="/climb/3475/braille-trail" rel="noopener noreferrer">Braille Trail</a>.</p> <p>Now, I know how to say the word 'shit'. I know what it means. But I don't envisage using it in the very unlikely event of me doing a new route. However I wholeheartedly support the right of everyone to do so if they wish. I happen to think it's fairly childish and pathetic and unnecessary to do so, but if that's the bag people are into, so be it. I wouldn't want to limit their freedom to do as they wish with respect to their climbing as long as it doesn't impinge on the freedom of others, anymore than I wish my own liberty to be curtailed.</p> <p>The problem is, of course, what do you do about guide books? At present we have this ludicrous, high-brow Victorian attitude which changes, in the Llanberis Guide, <a href="/climb/1183/1000-tons-of-chicken-shit" rel="noopener noreferrer">1000 Tons of Chicken Shit</a> to the nonsensical 1000 Tons of Chicken and leaves included the revolting <a href="/climb/1030/cystitis-by-proxy" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cystitis by Proxy</a>. Wholesale censoring of 'naughty' is a little pointless when names like <a href="/climb/1032/raped-by-affection" rel="noopener noreferrer">Raped by Affection</a> or <a href="/climb/4772/menstrual-gossip" rel="noopener noreferrer">Menstrual Gossip</a> remain. Personally, I would leave all route names as they are since they serve not only as an illustartion of the ingenuity of climbers but also as a condemnation of their occasional lapses as well. And I hardly think that not printing such language will return society to the high(!) principles of a former age - 'young people' have plenty of access to far more corrupting influences, like the tabloid press, or videos, or T.V., long before they get to climbing.</p> </blockquote>
37846	17th September 2026	16:20:58 UTC	remus	library item	On The Edge 3	notes
Before `None` After ### What's in a Name by [Ed Douglas](/climber/661/ed-douglas) > Route names: not one of climbing's more controversial subjects, you might think, but in recent months there has been an increase in opposition to some of the more nauseating habits of first ascentionists culminating in last month's Climber with a letter from an outraged [David Craig](/climber/4564/david-craig) condemning the choice of the name [Condome](/climb/8422/condome) for a new route on [Diabaig](/crag/34866/diabaig) put up by [Dave Cuthbertson](/climber/520/dave-cuthbertson). Now I don't wish to enter into the politics of the thing (let's play 'wind up the SMC') but I'm increasingly worried by the extraordinarily narrow vision of people who should know better. Route naming has almost always been a vibrant and creative area and is another illustration of how climbing retains its individuality and ability for self-expression. Most of the time people limit themselves to Bob Dylan tracks and references to the physically and mentally demanding nature of the climb they've just done, for example [Mark Pretty's](/climber/213/mark-pretty) Beef it! (subtle, eh?). Occasionally there comes along a real corker. Who can forget Paul Mitchell's The Snail and the Goat Meet Mr. Dali and His Amazing Performing Flapjacks, or what about Pete Oxley's neo-classic Rambling Moses Weetabix and the Secona Park Seven. For the more romantically minded there is Pearce and [Drummond's](/climber/1235/ed-drummond) [A Dream of White Horses](/climb/3136/a-dream-of-white-horses) or [Dawes'](/climber/561/johnny-dawes) imagistic [Braille Trail](/climb/3475/braille-trail). > Now, I know how to say the word 'shit'. I know what it means. But I don't envisage using it in the very unlikely event of me doing a new route. However I wholeheartedly support the right of everyone to do so if they wish. I happen to think it's fairly childish and pathetic and unnecessary to do so, but if that's the bag people are into, so be it. I wouldn't want to limit their freedom to do as they wish with respect to their climbing as long as it doesn't impinge on the freedom of others, anymore than I wish my own liberty to be curtailed. > The problem is, of course, what do you do about guide books? At present we have this ludicrous, high-brow Victorian attitude which changes, in the Llanberis Guide, [1000 Tons of Chicken Shit](/climb/1183/1000-tons-of-chicken-shit) to the nonsensical 1000 Tons of Chicken and leaves included the revolting [Cystitis by Proxy](/climb/1030/cystitis-by-proxy). Wholesale censoring of 'naughty' is a little pointless when names like [Raped by Affection](/climb/1032/raped-by-affection) or [Menstrual Gossip](/climb/4772/menstrual-gossip) remain. Personally, I would leave all route names as they are since they serve not only as an illustartion of the ingenuity of climbers but also as a condemnation of their occasional lapses as well. And I hardly think that not printing such language will return society to the high(!) principles of a former age - 'young people' have plenty of access to far more corrupting influences, like the tabloid press, or videos, or T.V., long before they get to climbing. Diff --- before +++ after @@ -1 +1,8 @@ - +### What's in a Name +by [Ed Douglas](/climber/661/ed-douglas) + +> Route names: not one of climbing's more controversial subjects, you might think, but in recent months there has been an increase in opposition to some of the more nauseating habits of first ascentionists culminating in last month's Climber with a letter from an outraged [David Craig](/climber/4564/david-craig) condemning the choice of the name [Condome](/climb/8422/condome) for a new route on [Diabaig](/crag/34866/diabaig) put up by [Dave Cuthbertson](/climber/520/dave-cuthbertson). Now I don't wish to enter into the politics of the thing (let's play 'wind up the SMC') but I'm increasingly worried by the extraordinarily narrow vision of people who should know better. Route naming has almost always been a vibrant and creative area and is another illustration of how climbing retains its individuality and ability for self-expression. Most of the time people limit themselves to Bob Dylan tracks and references to the physically and mentally demanding nature of the climb they've just done, for example [Mark Pretty's](/climber/213/mark-pretty) Beef it! (subtle, eh?). Occasionally there comes along a real corker. Who can forget Paul Mitchell's The Snail and the Goat Meet Mr. Dali and His Amazing Performing Flapjacks, or what about Pete Oxley's neo-classic Rambling Moses Weetabix and the Secona Park Seven. For the more romantically minded there is Pearce and [Drummond's](/climber/1235/ed-drummond) [A Dream of White Horses](/climb/3136/a-dream-of-white-horses) or [Dawes'](/climber/561/johnny-dawes) imagistic [Braille Trail](/climb/3475/braille-trail). + +> Now, I know how to say the word 'shit'. I know what it means. But I don't envisage using it in the very unlikely event of me doing a new route. However I wholeheartedly support the right of everyone to do so if they wish. I happen to think it's fairly childish and pathetic and unnecessary to do so, but if that's the bag people are into, so be it. I wouldn't want to limit their freedom to do as they wish with respect to their climbing as long as it doesn't impinge on the freedom of others, anymore than I wish my own liberty to be curtailed. + +> The problem is, of course, what do you do about guide books? At present we have this ludicrous, high-brow Victorian attitude which changes, in the Llanberis Guide, [1000 Tons of Chicken Shit](/climb/1183/1000-tons-of-chicken-shit) to the nonsensical 1000 Tons of Chicken and leaves included the revolting [Cystitis by Proxy](/climb/1030/cystitis-by-proxy). Wholesale censoring of 'naughty' is a little pointless when names like [Raped by Affection](/climb/1032/raped-by-affection) or [Menstrual Gossip](/climb/4772/menstrual-gossip) remain. Personally, I would leave all route names as they are since they serve not only as an illustartion of the ingenuity of climbers but also as a condemnation of their occasional lapses as well. And I hardly think that not printing such language will return society to the high(!) principles of a former age - 'young people' have plenty of access to far more corrupting influences, like the tabloid press, or videos, or T.V., long before they get to climbing.
37847	17th September 2026	16:17:42 UTC	remus	ascent	Dave Cuthbertson's ascent of Condome	Ascent #
Before `None` After `1`
37848	17th September 2026	16:17:42 UTC	remus	ascent	Dave Cuthbertson's ascent of Condome	ascent_dt_end
Before `None` After `1987-05-29`
37849	17th September 2026	16:17:42 UTC	remus	ascent	Dave Cuthbertson's ascent of Condome	ascent_dt_start
Before `None` After `1987-05-29`
37850	17th September 2026	16:17:42 UTC	remus	ascent	Dave Cuthbertson's ascent of Condome	ascent_type_id
Before `None` After `1`
37851	17th September 2026	16:17:42 UTC	remus	ascent	Dave Cuthbertson's ascent of Condome	ascent_style_id
Before `None` After `7`
37852	17th September 2026	16:17:42 UTC	remus	ascent	Dave Cuthbertson's ascent of Condome	climb_id
Before `None` After `8422`
37853	17th September 2026	16:17:42 UTC	remus	ascent	Dave Cuthbertson's ascent of Condome	climber_id
Before `None` After `520`
37854	17th September 2026	16:09:00 UTC	remus	climb	Condome	Website
Before `None` After `https://routes.smc.org.uk/route/condome-16578`
37855	17th September 2026	16:08:39 UTC	remus	climb	Condome	Other Name
Before `None` After `Instant Muscle`
37856	17th September 2026	16:08:32 UTC	remus	climb	Condome	_default_ascent_type_id
Before `None` After `1`
37857	17th September 2026	16:08:32 UTC	remus	climb	Condome	crag_name_prefix
Before `None` After `at`
37858	17th September 2026	16:08:32 UTC	remus	climb	Condome	crag_name
Before `None` After `Diabaig`
37859	17th September 2026	16:08:32 UTC	remus	climb	Condome	crag_id
Before `None` After `34866`
37860	17th September 2026	16:08:32 UTC	remus	climb	Condome	climb_type_name
Before `None` After `Trad climb`

Badges

Contributions

Posts

5371

5973

10329

229396

235

235

Contributions Map

Contributions by Country

Recent Contributions

< Page 1893 >