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Johnny Vegas

Name: Johnny Vegas
Rating: 3.2

5.7 YDS 5a French 15 Ewbanks V+ UIAA 13 ZA MVS 4b British

Routes in Solar Slab - Lower Tier

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	Beulah's Arete T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Beulah's Book T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Certain Air T 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Corona T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Dubious Flirtations T 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Frieda's Flake T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Horndog T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Johnny Vegas T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Marble Madness T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b PG13
	Pamphlet, The T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Sandstone Overcast T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c C1
	Shake, Rattle, and Roll T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	Solar Flare T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Solar Slab Gully T 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
	Sunburn T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Tan Line T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Unknown T 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Unknown T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Walking on Sunshine T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b

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Type:	Trad, 480 ft (145 m), 4 pitches, Grade II
FA:	Tom Cecil, Dave Cox, Harrison Shull, and Todd Hewitt, Nov 1994
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Access Issue: Red Rock RAIN AND WET ROCK: The sandstone is fragile and is very easily damaged when wet. Details

Holds rip off and climbs have been and will continue to be permanently damaged due to climbers not respecting this phenomenon. After a heavy storm, the rock will remain wet, sometimes for several days. PLEASE DO NOT CLIMB IN RED ROCKS during or after rain. A good rule of thumb is that if the ground near your climb is at all damp (and not powdery dry sand), then do not climb. There are many alternatives (limestone, granite, basalt, and plastic) nearby.

HUMAN WASTE Human waste is one of the major issues plaguing Red Rocks. The Las Vegas Climbers Liaison Council and the AAC provides free "wag bags" in several locations (Black Velvet, First Pullout, Kraft Mtn/Bouldering, The Gallery, and The Black Corridor). These bags are designed so that you can pack your waste out - consider bringing one to be part of your kit (just like your rope and shoes and lunch) no matter where you go. Once used, please dispose of them properly (do not throw them in the toilets at the parking area).

Description

P1: 150', 5.6, bolted anchor. Start up the double cracks, which eventually become a single crack. As the protection starts to become sparser, trend up and left. Belay at a bolted anchor on a platform at the base of a short dark dihedral. A long pitch.

P2: 150', 5.6, bolted anchor. Stem up the dihedral to gain a face with some questionable rock. Continue up and slightly right to another bolted belay, below the base of a right-facing dihedral capped by a roof.

P3: 130', 5.6, bolted anchor. Head up and right on the easy but run out slab, and continue up, and around the corner. The pro is better once around the corner. The crux route-finding is deciding when to surmount the apex of the face and start trending back to the left. It's easy to come up to slabby ground and find yourself above the belay/rappel anchor.

P4. 50', 5.0, gear anchor. Head up easy climbing to the boulders near the edge of the main Solar Slab Terrace, and continue scrambling up to the base of Solar Slab if so desired.

With the exception of p4, all of the pitches felt like they had some 5.6 climbing, and some friable rock.

Descent: Rappel from the top of p3 with two ropes (or if you only have one rope, head down Solar Slab Gully).

Protection

Standard rack, bolted belay stances.

Location

Approach as per Solar Slab Gully. The start of Johnny Vegas is just to the left (when facing the wall), behind a boulder perched on a short pedestal of rock.