Part IV of VI: Route Names
I am all for people of color outdoor routesetting. One of the reasons I like a diverse set of people route developing is to, at the very very least, have better route naming practices. Yes, it’s partially about control. Who has control over these names and the power to change or even stop it in its tracks before being published?
If you have not been paying attention; there have been and still are widely inappropriate climbing route names. Inappropriate standing in for racist, homophobic, sexist, misogynistic, xenophobic…all the ugly misguided beliefs that plague our society. Whatever derogatory name you can think of yes: unfortunately there is a climbing route named after it…
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