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25 Sep 2011 18:45 #4150 by ghaznavid

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Does anyone know where the name "Andre's Knob" came from? I have always assumed that it must be some random reference to something that happened there many years ago, but looking at a photo from www.berg.co.za (see below), I am starting to wonder if its name is specific to its shape...

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27 Sep 2011 11:58 #4174 by intrepid

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Ja I've had some good chuckles with people about that one. No idea who named it that, and if Andre had anything to do with it. It is possible that at the time, the word "knob" didn't have the connotation it does today, in which case it was innocently named that. But then again, maybe not...

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07 Sep 2012 15:39 #55174 by ghaznavid

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Well - on a different naming topic, I have found where the name of the Inner and Outer Horns come from. A picture explains it fairly well:

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07 Sep 2012 16:05 - 07 Sep 2012 16:07 #55175 by Smurfatefrog

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haha, the ladies will now await for your version of Andre's Knob

edit: just saw it was mentioned above & the reason for this thread, oh well :whistle:

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07 Sep 2012 16:20 #55176 by ghaznavid

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I have to say, the lack of resemblance makes me even more suspicious :laugh:

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07 Sep 2012 16:47 #55177 by ghaznavid

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I always preferred to think of Andre's knob as a Byzantine/Ottoman mausoleum (there is one between St Sofia and the Blue Mosque in Istanbul that comes to mind, couldn't find a pic online though - I think its Sultan Mehmet II's tomb). Suleyman's Mosque gives an idea of my point from this particular angle:

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28 Mar 2016 17:32 - 28 Mar 2016 17:33 #67487 by ghaznavid

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Smurfatefrog wrote: haha, the ladies will now await for your version of Andre's Knob

Old thread, but I'm just going to leave this one here:

Any name suggestions? Photo taken in the Mnweni Cutback, near the top of Hanging Valley Pass.

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28 Mar 2016 19:55 #67489 by JulieMK

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It's a Decepticon mid-morph
Nothing else comes to mind. Really. :whistle:

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28 Mar 2016 20:22 #67491 by biomech

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ghaznavid wrote:
Smurfatefrog wrote: haha, the ladies will now await for your version of Andre's Knob
Old thread, but I'm just going to leave this one here:

Any name suggestions? Photo taken in the Mnweni Cutback, near the top of Hanging Valley Pass.

"How is it Hanging Peak"? The name referring to the location of the peak and its seemingly precarious position, of course.

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