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moabbeth
Jan 8, 2004, 1:09 AM
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It seems that with climber guys, there are some names that I hear way more than others...seems like every other climber guy I've encountered is either named Jason, Josh, Tim or Jay.
Totally random thought. Anyone else notice this trend? I was just thinking about that the other day at he crag, how many times I hear those 4 names when it comes to guys on the rock. Just like how 80 percent of all climber guys are either engineers, computer techs or mechanics :wink: .
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maculated
Jan 8, 2004, 1:14 AM
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There's a reason I don't go by the nickname "Kris." FAAAAR too many Chris' in the world. I have six in my cell phone.
I will never name my kid Chris.
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Jan 8, 2004, 3:53 AM
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Eric, Todd, Rod. Most common names i've found.
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the_pirate
Jan 8, 2004, 3:58 AM
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Most common male climber name - - - Doood
Second most common - - - Spydah
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strongerthanyesterday
Jan 8, 2004, 4:51 AM
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haa haa, funny topic. I always hear Brian and Jason.
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Jan 8, 2004, 5:03 AM
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and [i:2eae504a6c]geo[/i:2eae504a6c] ... what about [i:2eae504a6c]geo[/i:2eae504a6c]?
it seems i hear people yell that name [i:2eae504a6c]every time [/i:2eae504a6c]i climb! :roll:
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moabbeth
Jan 8, 2004, 5:38 AM
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In reply to: haa haa, funny topic. I always hear Brian and Jason.
Oooh Brian....that is another common climber name.
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sandbag
Jan 8, 2004, 5:45 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: haa haa, funny topic. I always hear Brian and Jason. Oooh Brian....that is another common climber name.
Hey, i cant help it, maybe ill just change my name to Mars Lander, yeah thats the ticket.... :P
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timstich
Jan 8, 2004, 6:06 AM
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In reply to: and geo ... what about geo?
I think that's the dude in the Matrix. By far, Scott seems to be the most popular Texas climber name.
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Jan 8, 2004, 7:12 PM
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could it be that those names are the popular names for the RC.com demographic? (in other words, simply a reflection of what our society selected for names 20 years ago?)
Here is a list of the most popular names in the 1980s:
1 Michael 33316 Jessica 23744
2 Christopher 27697 Jennifer 22274
3 Matthew 22914 Amanda 18260
4 Joshua 19983 Ashley 17489
5 David 19556 Sarah 13676
6 Daniel 17520 Stephanie 10992
7 James 17505 Melissa 10952
8 Robert 16232 Nicole 10573
9 John 15928 Elizabeth 9987
10 Joseph 15058 Heather 9716
11 Jason 14679 Tiffany 8021
12 Justin 14513 Michelle 7835
13 Andrew 14159 Amber 7730
14 Ryan 13872 Megan 7626
15 William 12371 Rachel 7403
16 Brian 11792 Amy 7376
17 Jonathan 11731 Lauren 7362
18 Brandon 11462 Kimberly 7180
19 Nicholas 11079 Christina 7173
20 Anthony 10665 Brittany 7147
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frolic
Jan 8, 2004, 9:14 PM
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I climb with 3 different Daves.
But don't you remember elementary school - when every class had at least 2 Jennifers and a Sarah? Definitely just a sign of the demographics of the time.
Maybe you just notice it more with your climber buddys because ratio of men to women is different...
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roseraie
Jan 8, 2004, 10:17 PM
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My floor of the dorm freshman year of college had five Lauras and three Andrews.
And I have climbed with a whole hell of a lot of Adams. And they all like taking pictures.
Meg
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Jan 8, 2004, 10:44 PM
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I have heard Crap - Sh*t and F*ck - quite a bit -
I don't know if those are guys names or not but I hear it a lot
and I always hear people yelling for some guy named
Fulin
If it matters I'm TJ
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rrrADAM
Jan 8, 2004, 11:18 PM
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In SoCal there is a high proportion of climbers who answer to Dude...
"Hey dude..."
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jakedatc
Jan 9, 2004, 12:01 AM
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They all seem to be related too.. "hey bro'... sup bro'.. later bro' "
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Jan 9, 2004, 12:13 AM
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yeah, i call my four year old son cole "shorty" sometimes.
i can't tell you how many times we've been at the crag or around the campfire, i'll yell out "hey, shorty!" and multiple men under 5'8" turn around to answer me. :lol:
jen
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the_pirate
Jan 9, 2004, 12:25 AM
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men?........ answering to "shorty"....?
hmmmm
I've always heard it differently.
As in:
"Yo, Yo, Shorty... Yo man let you go out dressed like dat?"
maybe it's a regional thing.
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calamity_chk
Jan 9, 2004, 4:01 PM
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gblauer - i am much too, uhh, 'unique' to have my name on that trendy name list. :P
i'm with pirate on the name thing - most of the climbers are called "dude" - as far as legal names go, brian seems to be the most popular name of climber friends while jason is the hands-down winner of most common guy name. unfortunately for me, none of the jason's that i know are climbers - though they all have nice butts - then again they all play soccer, and soccer players seem to always have the nicest butts of them all. wait, off topic - sorry. :oops:
/whispers .. hmm, i feel a research project coming on. tee hee.
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iamthewallress
Jan 9, 2004, 5:43 PM
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Off the top of my head, my names of guys that I've climbed w/ are...
Jay
Bernardo
Jason
Mike
Mike
Mike
Kevin
Greg
Bob
Alex
Allen
Brian
David
Lawrence
Justin
Not very many of them go by "dhude", but I think that it is probably the most common name.
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litleclimberchick
Jan 9, 2004, 10:00 PM
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most people here in socal answer to dude...but let's see chris is common... and dave...and mike...and eric...i think that sums it up...
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Jan 9, 2004, 10:52 PM
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I the climbing community in Nova Scotia (which is a small one) I can think of about half a dozen Seans (guys who do a lot around here too, gym owners, guide book writers, etc). Next up is Chris, then for girls Becky is coming up in the ranks, but to avoid that I'll just keep going by Rebecca.
Moral of the story, if your in Nova Scotia climbing you have a really good chance of getting the guy's name right if you call him Sean.
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Jan 9, 2004, 11:51 PM
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Number one's gotta be Rock. People are always calling him. Never seems to answer, though.
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Jan 10, 2004, 12:52 AM
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My first time out at the Gunks and I met in one afternoon:
3 Jeremy
4 Rob/Bob
and half of everyone there was dude. I even heard a father and son team call each other dude. "Yo, dad, dude..." It just wouldn't work with my pop.
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artofclimbing
Jan 14, 2004, 1:44 AM
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In reply to: could it be that those names are the popular names for the RC.com demographic? (in other words, simply a reflection of what our society selected for names 20 years ago?) Here is a list of the most popular names in the 1980s: 1 Michael 33316 Jessica 23744 2 Christopher 27697 Jennifer 22274 3 Matthew 22914 Amanda 18260 4 Joshua 19983 Ashley 17489 5 David 19556 Sarah 13676 6 Daniel 17520 Stephanie 10992 7 James 17505 Melissa 10952 8 Robert 16232 Nicole 10573 9 John 15928 Elizabeth 9987 10 Joseph 15058 Heather 9716 11 Jason 14679 Tiffany 8021 12 Justin 14513 Michelle 7835 13 Andrew 14159 Amber 7730 14 Ryan 13872 Megan 7626 15 William 12371 Rachel 7403 16 Brian 11792 Amy 7376 17 Jonathan 11731 Lauren 7362 18 Brandon 11462 Kimberly 7180 19 Nicholas 11079 Christina 7173 20 Anthony 10665 Brittany 7147
haha my name is number one..go me!
i hear a lot of deans
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rckclimbergurl
Jan 14, 2004, 3:52 AM
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I know like 5 Jeremys.. not all of them climb though.
There's Jason (nickname's Jay), 2 Brendans, Brian, Eric (*shudders*, bad junior high memory... moving on..)
Although.. I know several people with very unusual names.. and they're all climbers. :wink:
I guess my name could go into the unusual category too....
:roll:
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