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Need Red Rock photos to share route info

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SenorDB · · Old Pueblo · Joined Apr 2012 · Points: 8,565

Hello there Team Vegas!

I'm looking for pictures to share route info on FAs from over the years after being inspired by this here awesome and fancy map. I have since moved out of town, so I can't run up to Red Rocks and get photos. Can anyone help me out? Map and descriptions are below. The arrows on the map show the ideal photo angle (as purported by my best recollection) but any pictures would be better than no pictures. Thanks in advance!

The first two aren't on the map.
1) Lake Mead Buttress- this got its name because it's the first and most prominent cliff as seen from traveling west on Lake Mead Blvd.
2) Desert Alpinist Wall- this is the last big cliff on the east end of La Madre Ridge before it dives into a pass and becomes less distinct. The right side is steep, clean, dark gray limestone and the left is taller and terraced with ledges (this is the part I'm looking for). It can also be seen looking west from LM Blvd just left of LM Buttress at the end of the small valley.
3) La Madre Peak- the south face.
4) La Padre Peak- south face.
5) Hallow Dawn Spur- the obvious (only) spur on the ridge north of White Rock Spring parking area.
6) The Sentinel- the obvious limestone buttress that can be seen to the west from Willow Springs parking area.
7) Pisces Wall- the south face of Bridge Mt. It would be nice to have one from the top of Mescalito or somewhere up out of the wash.

The next three are in Sandstone Canyon. BLM rangers always told us we were welcome to climb here so long as we didn't cross Spring Mt Ranch property to access the canyon.
8) Golden Gecko Wall- a north facing cliff a short ways out of the wash on the left side of the canyon just before the fork. The first 400' of the wall is black with heavy varnish and has a crack that splits it in half and runs from the ground straight up the middle and through a headwall when the rock turns gold colored. The route continues above this for another 800-1000' and is not easily seen from the base. It would be nice to have this too.
9) Ski Tracks Wall- two main crack systems angling from left to right distinguish this wall.
10) Easy Peasy- a shallow, low angle dihedral on the south side of the mouth of Sandstone Canyon.
11) Spare Rib- just south of the mouth of Sandstone Canyon and before Mustang Canyon is a large gully that contains a tall narrow cliff split by a chimney that gives it the appearance of being two towers.
12) Git From Here You Dogs- this is the beautiful hand crack to off-width made by the right side of the big arch on Western Spaces Wall.

The last one (not shown on map) is at Mt Charleston.
13) Captain Crumbowl- on the Universal Wall. Left of The Hydra are two caddy corner white patches with a gray swath between them that goes from left to right past a huge cleft in the middle of the face. I would like a photo from high enough up to show this gray swath to the base of the cliff.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

Nevada
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