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The Walrus

Submitted By: Michael Kimm on Oct 6, 2007
Administrator: Larry DeAngelo
Latitude: 36.1682  Longitude: -115.4550 
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BETA PHOTO: A view of The Walrus from the west.


Description 

A large, super aesthetic boulder that sits behind the Wake Up Wall. The front side faces south and houses easier slab routes, while the north side has high quality, technical routes on a lovely chocolate varnished face. This crag's close proximity to Wake Up Wall (about two minutes) makes it a good place to warm up, cool down, or mix in a different style of climbing than the other western SQ walls.
All of the route ratings are based on the opinions of the very few that have attempted them. They may change as I get more feedback.


Getting There 

Approach as for Wake Up Wall. Follow the wash behind up to a small notch, and then down into a wide wash. Turn slightly right and pass a very short route on your left (Up and Down, 5.10c). Continue up a little slab, and The Walrus sits directly to your right. 15 minutes from the parking lot.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for The Walrus:
Choking Smokers   5.10a/b     Sport, 1 pitch, 30 feet   
Expert Textpert   5.11c     Sport, 1 pitch, 30 feet   
Pornographic Priestess   5.12a     Sport, 1 pitch, 30 feet   
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The north face of The Walrus.

BETA PHOTO: The north face of The Walrus.

The south face of The Walrus.

BETA PHOTO: The south face of The Walrus.

A view from the top of the notch behind Wake Up Wall. The brown face in the bottom left of the photo is Up and Down (5.10c). The prominant boulder in the upper right is the Walrus.

BETA PHOTO: A view from the top of the notch behind Wake Up Wa...


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By Karsten
From: Reno, NV
Nov 1, 2007

This looks like a neat little formation. I question the development of bolted climbs on something this small however. Anyhow it looks like some fun climbing/bouldering.

By Michael Kimm
From: Las Vegas, NV
Nov 1, 2007

It is a neat little formation. I did consider carefully the idea of The Walrus housing highball boulder problems, but dismissed them as too dangerous given the rock shelf that sits behind. The cruxes are, for the most part, near the top, and blowing off in some of those places would be absolutely disastrous. Besides, Red Rock has plenty of lines that are shorter than these: The Gallery and The Pier, two very highly traveled crags, have routes that are shorter.

By ari malul
From: astoria, ny
May 18, 2008

When the temps in the sun are flirting with 100 degrees daily any visitor to this hot land will be pleased to find a quite, cool and proud area that sports some great technical sport climbing. The Walrus is a bit hidden yet close enough to the wakeup wall to venture out for an hour or two. Don’t front, this wall will challenge your footwork and it becomes obvious very quickly why the wall is bolted and not a place for just pads. Well bolted + the anchors are placed cleverly to allow for cleaning of one from another. Get your stretch on and make sure your feet are not of the Sloppy Joe variety…otherwise you won’t send.