<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2912" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>By a bit of serendipity, today I had to shuttle Jim Holstein in a company van to Grant Village. While enroute, I asked him if he was familiar with "Skinny Man Geyser." His answer was: "Yes, except it's supposed to be "Skinny Guy Geyser." And, he said, it was named by Doug Holstein.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Later, at Grand, I saw Doug. He said that it was actually named by a member of a tour group, maybe 3 or 4 years ago, and that the name really was simply "Skinny Geyser." The name was because of the narrowness of the erupted column, which additionally is a very thin mix of steam and water.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So now the question is: How did a name, invented by a single tour group, get into the park's jargon? And in any case, what should be the "acceptable" form of the name?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>P.S. Today the vent appeared to be empty. Hillside was overflowing. Lone Pine was overflowing. Occasional erupted.</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>