NOT UNLESS YOUR NAME IS SOMETHING LIKE ‘XIALONG REZHA’.

AFTER A SPATE OF STUPID PEAK NAMES A FEW YEARS AGO (THERE’S A PEAK CALLED ‘STIFLER’S MUM’ IN SICHUAN…) THE CMA HAS REELED IN THE OPTIONS FOR NAMING PEAKS AFTER FIRST ASCENTS.

THESE DAYS EFFORTS ARE MADE TO VERIFY IF A PEAK HAS A LOCAL (SOMETIMES VERY LOCAL) NAME, THEN IF NOT THE GIST IS TO USE A PEAK IN THE LOCAL LANGUAGE AND IN FITTING WITH OTHER PEAK NAMES.

IN XINJIANG THINGS ARE MORE COMPLICATED THAN TIBET AND THE TOPOGRAPHY OFTEN MEANS A PEAK IS NAMED A VARIATION OF THE MOTHER-PEAK (ie SAUYR ZHOTASY EAST).

AWAY FROM PEAKS, SOME FEATURES CAN BE GIVEN SENSIBLE NAMES REFLECTING THE TRADITIONS OF MOUNTAINEERING, FOR EXAMPLE THE ‘AUSTRIAN PASS’ IN GANGGA.

ICE ROUTES & ROCK ROUTES CAN BE GIVEN NAMES AS BIZARRE AS YOU CAN COME UP WITH (THANKYOU GUY LACELLE & CRAIG LUEBBEN FOR ‘RASTAFARICE’)