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Chameleon Pinnacle

5.5, Trad, 77 ft (23 m),  Avg: 2.5 from 18 votes
FA: Bill Lowman, Betsy & Joe Herbst, Matt McMackin, Nanouk Borche, Howard Booth - Feb 1973
Nevada > Southern Nevada > Red Rocks > Southern Outcrops > Illusion Crags
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Description

A fun romp up good, solid rock with nice plate features.

Start out on lighter colored rock, move up to the sweet varnished goodness.

Route can be started at the same location as Morph Out, or, the nicer flat area of the Changeling to the right.  

Fun!

Location

Up the middle upper face between Morph Out and the Changeling.  Start on either aforementioned route and traverse into the upper middle face.

Protection

Set of nuts and set of especially smaller cams from 0 TCU to #1 Camalot. Good horizontals for cams and surprisingly good, captive stopper placements. Use the rappel anchor consisting of a mess of slings threaded behind a block.

Rumor has possibility of topping out the pinnacle with descend down gully to the west? Maybe so...

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Just below the rappel anchor on the Chameleon Pinnacle.
[Hide Photo] Just below the rappel anchor on the Chameleon Pinnacle.
Rappel from community anchor on Chameleon Pinnacle.  Upper route follows rope line with options to traverse in from left or right staging area.
[Hide Photo] Rappel from community anchor on Chameleon Pinnacle. Upper route follows rope line with options to traverse in from left or right staging area.