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Prima Nocta

Name: Prima Nocta
Rating: 2.5

5.8 YDS 5b French 16 Ewbanks VI- UIAA 15 ZA HVS 4c British

Routes in Menses Prow

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	A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Abscessed Words to Climb S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	After Dark S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	APT S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Armies Of Metaphors S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	B.O.S.S. Method, The S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Back for More S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Baroque Period, The S 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Bat Crack T,S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Big Chill, The S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Breaking the Beta S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Caught in the Middle S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Chiba Chiba S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Cosmic Thing S 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Dealin' Crack T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Dumb Waiter S 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Fever S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	First Blood S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	First Strike S 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Flashback To Acid Beach S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Graceland S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	I am a Viking S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Jumbo Pumping Love S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Killer COVID T 5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a
	Krakatoa S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Lamont's Period S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Lick My Love Pump aka Love Pump S 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Light Days S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Liquid Affair S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Lunch at the Y S 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Menses S 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Metaphysical Fictions S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	My What a Big Bulge S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	No Passion for Fashion S 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	NSTEMI S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	Original Route S 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
	Period Epic S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Period Piece S 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c
	Pig Dictionary S 5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a
	Prima Nocta S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Pueblo Gringos S 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
	Red Dog S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Return to the Stone Age S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Scratch and Claw S 5.12b/c 7b+ 27 IX- 27 E6 6b
	Shelf's Worst Route S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Sick of Tradition S 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Slender Fungus S 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Smart Server S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Smokin' Crack T 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
	STEMI S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Stratabulge S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Sudden Impact S 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Sundogs S 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
	Thirteen Engines S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a
	True to Tradition/Tucker's Faith S 5.7+ 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	Turbo Charged, Inter-Cooled Meat Machine S 5.10b/c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Weed n' Feed T,S 5.10c/d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b R
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Type:	Sport, 80 ft (24 m)
GPS:	38.6197, -105.23746
FA:	MJM & RAMM, 2/12
Page Views:	4,070 total · 23/month
Shared By:	MJM on Mar 16, 2012
Admins:	Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Monty, Monomaniac, Tyler KC Page Updates (admin only)

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Description & Vitals

Start several feet left of The Baroque Period.

Start with using the flake on the left and the face on the right to gain C1. On top of the flake, go straight up on big holds to a stance at C3. This next slightly harder section gets you moving up on some reachy good holds then a great lefty pocket to more big holds for 3 more clips to a spacious ledge. Jog left to clip C7, and then step right and continue straight up on a great flake then great edges/pockets and finally some sharp rock to the chains.

There is a concern about the actual spelling of this route name. This route name is taking from the Mel Gibson Movie Braveheart.

Per Getoutside:
This isn't a big deal, but the name of this route is spelled wrong. I guess it can be forgiven, because it sounds the way it is spelled here and in the book. However, it should be spelled Prima Nocte. Think about it, and yes, I am 100% sure.

There are a several:
Droit du seigneur[a] ('lord's right')
jus primae noctis[b] ('right of the first night')
Prima Nocta
Prima Nocte.