People can't order sandwiches at the Lunch Counter on Mount Adams. Passing through the Pearly Gates on Mount Hood doesn't mean you're dead. And most visitors don't turn around at Quitter's Point on Oregon's Mount Jefferson. Climbers, known as an irreverent bunch, commonly nickname areas along routes to peaks. It's all part of the mountain-climbing culture a culture that is creeping more and more into the mainstream.
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