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All Locations > New Mexico > Las Cruces Area… > Dona Ana Mountains > Checkerboard Wall > Punch In The Nose (5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c)
Show's the approach gully plus 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th gear anchors as we set them. For someone leading at the grade, recommend setting the 2nd belay somewhere before the horizontal blue line; otherwise, there is some risk of a belay on a crummy gear anchor and stance within striking distance of a fall from the crux.
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Start of a possible, and highly recommended, Pitch 0. You can start climbing from the bottom of the Checkerboard instead of fighting your way up a heavily vegetated gully. Photo Drew Chojnowki.
Connection to King Me. From the top of pitch 3 of Punch in the Nose scramble up and left up to a ledge indicated here by the yellow line. Follow the ledge to the left to the Pitch 2 belay of King Me.
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Bill Lawry
Mar 18, 2011
“Show's the approach gully plus 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th gear anchors as we set them. For someone leading at the grade, recommend setting the 2nd belay somewhere before the horizontal blue line; otherwise, there is some risk of a belay on a crummy gear anchor and stance within striking distance of a fall from the crux.”  

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Connection to King Me. From the top of pitch 3 of Punch in the Nose scramble up and left up to a ledge indicated here by the yellow line. Follow the ledge to the left to the Pitch 2 belay of King Me.
Climbing above the crux. The route continues up the middle of the picture, between the sotols.
The crux as viewed from the side of the "boulder."
End of Pitch 0. While the first half of the pitch was easy, this part has some fun moves on it. Photo Drew Chojnowki.
Start of a possible, and highly recommended, Pitch 0. You can start climbing from the bottom of the Checkerboard instead of fighting your way up a heavily vegetated gully. Photo Drew Chojnowki.
Show's the approach gully plus 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th gear anchors as we set them. For someone leading at the grade, recommend setting the 2nd belay somewhere before the horizontal blue line; otherwise, there is some risk of a belay on a crummy gear anchor and stance within striking distance of a fall from the crux.
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