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Nakatomi Plaza

Name: Nakatomi Plaza
Rating: 2.8

5.9 YDS 5c French 17 Ewbanks VI UIAA 17 ZA HVS 5a British

Routes in South Face

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	Flight of Floki T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Mescalito - South Face T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Mescalote Tower T 5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b
	Nakatomi Plaza T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	OB Button T 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	OB Fist T 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	Seeking Sietches T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c

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Type:	Trad, 300 ft (91 m), 4 pitches
GPS:	36.12182, -115.49314
FA:	FRA: Jack Kelly and Matt Robison, 2024
Page Views:	301 total · 21/month
Shared By:	Jack Kelly on Dec 24, 2024
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Access Issue: IMPORTANT notes on Wet Rock and Human Waste Details

WET ROCK: The sandstone in Red Rocks is fragile and is very easily damaged when it is wet. 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 bone-dry sand), then do not climb. There are many alternatives (limestone, granite, basalt, and plastic) nearby.

HUMAN WASTE: Human waste is a major issue plaguing the area. The Southern Nevada Climbers Coalition (SNCC) works to provide "wag bags" free of charge in several locations: Black Velvet Canyon, The Hamlet, Kraft Mountain Area, 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 daily kit no matter where you go. Once used, please dispose of them properly. Do not throw them in the toilets at the parking areas.

See https://www.southernnevadaclimbers.org/wag-bags for more information on the program.

Description

P1: The air duct! Climb up a small step and into the triangular tunnel. Climb this easy chimney until it opens onto a ledge, then either go directly up the friable face (5.5) or step right around some bushes and up easy ledges before stepping back right over the chimney to build a belay at a low angle corner. 35m, low 5th class.

P2: Climb up the fun, easy corner using juggy huecos on the left face. Belay on a great ledge with a small bush. 20m, a few moves of 5.6 but mostly easier.

P3: 4 star pitch! From the back of this ledge, climb up a fun slab with intermittent cracks for protection to a blocky roof. Bomber gear protects the burly moves past the roof. Continue up a short distance to another great ledge, this one partially choked with scrub oak--build a belay past the scrub oak in a short chimney system. 20m, 5.9.

P4: Either move the belay up the chimney (4th class) to the next ledge, or start from the back of the chimney. Either way, a short pitch leads up a cool water groove with good edges, trickier than it looks. Step left to yet another great ledge. 15m, 5.7.

Descent: walk left along this ledge to a 4th class corner/chimney system. Downclimb this a short distance and you'll find yourself at the base of OB Fist/OB Button. Keep going past the OBs until you find the easy chimney with the single bolt--a short rap and a little more scrambling down and you're back in the wash. Less than an hour back to the base of the route!

Location

This route starts just out of the wash, about halfway between the start of CITH and the scramble up to the OB routes. Stay in the wash until you're directly below the P2 corner, then look for a little nook just out of the wash--the air duct pitch climbs to the right out of this nook.