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Tuna and Chips Wall 


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The Tuna and Chips Wall offers the longest routes at the First Pullout. The routes range from 5.3 to 5.10 and can be 200 feet long. The wall is south facing so it is a good location to climb on those cool days when you are looking for a warm place to climb.

[Reprinted with permission from Jed Botsford, Climbing Ranger - RRCNCA].


Getting There 

The approach for the Tuna and Chips Wall is the same as for the Dog Wall, but instead of turning out of the side canyon continue up canyon to the base of the Tuna and Chips Wall.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Tuna and Chips Wall:
Sierra Club Tower   5.6     TR, 1 pitch, 40 feet   
Tuna Cookies   5.7 R     Trad, 1 pitch, 230 feet   
Tuna and Chips   5.7 R     Trad, 1 pitch, 230 feet   
Dolphin Safe   5.7 R     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 110 feet   
Albacore Man   5.8 R     Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 100 feet   
Waterstreak   5.8 R     Trad, TR, 1 pitch, 230 feet   
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Looking up the route with the polished groove of Waterstreak on the right.

Chips and Salsa 5.3  NV : Red Rock : ... : Tuna and Chips Wall
What can I say? At 5.3 most will think this trivial and in fact it is well suited for a solo, date climb or neophyte first lead. But as 5.3 routes go, it really is a pretty nice climb.Locate the prominent cleft that that bisects the Tuna and Chips Wall. Tuna & Chips goes up the left side of the wall and Tuna Cookies the right. Chips and Salsa starts behind a large block at the bottom of the cleft at a low angle crack. Waterstreak goes up the obvious polished feature to the right. Face clim...[more]   Browse More Classics in NV


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View from the parking Lot

BETA PHOTO: View from the parking Lot

Kent Korbell follows on Tuna And Chips Wall. Can't recall which line, but they are all good and all beautiful on a winter afternoon. Photo by Tony Bubb, 2003.

Kent Korbell follows on Tuna And Chips Wall. Can't...

'Tuna and Chips' wall is the set of twin towers in this image, just behing and right of the lowest crag, 'Tiger Stripe Wall.' Photo by Tony Bubb, 4/06.

BETA PHOTO: 'Tuna and Chips' wall is the set of twin towers in...

Approaching Tuna and Chips Wall, through native scrub live oak (Quercus turbinella).

Approaching Tuna and Chips Wall, through native sc...

When I try to explain rock climbing to non climbers I always get the same questions and comments; “You’re insane, that what Tom Cruise did, you must have a death wish” etc. <br /> <br />Nothing could be farther from the truth of course. <br />I could drone on for hours about what I personally get from rock climbing but this image sums it up much better; about 250 feet above the car and with the cell phone turned off, I’m sitting out in the warm sunshine of a late November afternoon enjoying a snack without a care in the world. <br /> <br />This is why I rock climb. It’s not about cheating death or any other macho bullshit, it’s about getting out of the house and enjoying some fresh air, and that’s it. <br /> <br />Your experience may differ. <br /> <br />Welcome to your public lands, now go outside! <br /> <br />10 frame HDR from the Powershot running chdk

When I try to explain rock climbing to non climber...

My man Brent about to do the 100' rappel into the gully next to the "Tuna and Chips" wall at Red Rocks. Here, he is 'on rappel' with a prusik back up (below the device) and he's still tied into to the bolts with a double runner through an auto locking carabiner to his harness. That runner will not be removed until he's double and triple checked the entire system before he descends the rope. A bit of techy stuff there for ya. This guy's a natural, in four months he's gone from complete newbie on this very climb to actually doing his first real trad lead on that same climb yesterday. Yosemite here we come in 2010!

My man Brent about to do the 100' rappel into the ...

Run Out 1st Bolt

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By Jason D. Martin
Apr 7, 2006

On the far left hand side of the Tuna and Chips Wall on the upper tier there is a set of bolts and chains. One can easily descend from the Panty Wall down to the Tuna and Chips Wall via a single rappel from these chains.

Jason

By Brian Hench
From: Costa Mesa, CA
Mar 16, 2009

It would appear that most of the bolts here were placed on lead, so run outs are the norm. There are some routes that will really get your attention.

By Killing In The Name Of
May 31, 2011

More bolts are apparently needed by Markk. Those of us who are happy with the bolt counts as put up by the first ascentionists and who accept the challenges presented by these routes do not need more bolts. Perhaps what these climbs need is respect, not retrobolts. This is not a sport wall. This should not be a sport wall. This will not be a sport wall. We have those already. Enjoy the unique challenges that each route offers you, and you will grow and learn. There are a lot of different versions of "safety" and for most people climbing big rocks is not it. If you need a bolt every six feet to enjoy a climb, do everyone a favor and climb in places that have what you need. Retrobolting in Red Rock is not a long-term strategy. Respect the first ascentionists and the era these routes were put up in. Bolting the hell out of every easy climb possible simply leaves leaders high and dry later on when they get runout on classics out in the canyons where the nearest help is far, far away. Tuna and Chips is a good wall for solid leaders to experience a flavor altogether different from the Panty Wall, and that's a good thing.

By Killing In The Name Of
Jun 29, 2011

"More bolts are needed" sounds like retrobolting advocacy to me. Maybe I'm sensitive about it after the Adventure Punks mess I've been cleaning up. I hear what you're saying, and agree with you that safety, sanity, some of those routes, and my own relevancy and/or literacy/sobriety/stick-like family tree may come into question. No problem with people being real about when things are runout, most of those routes are.

By Eric-D
From: Las Vegas, nv
Jul 31, 2011

Map to the Tuna and Chips wall for anyone who needs it.

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By Chris DeSantis
From: Salt Lake City, UT
Feb 19, 2013

i lead this route over the weekend and the 1st bolt 40+ feet off the deck certainly presents a potential danger. if any of the holds broke off (thin sandstone does do that from time to time) before the first clip, the fall would take you past the large block that juts out at the base and another small boulder at the landing. it would not be a clean fall!

i did find a shallow, horizontal pocket where you could place a medium TCU to protect before you get to the first bolt. however, after that, if you peel before you clip the second bolt you will deck anyway. certainly a gut check route, however there are sparse but possible placements if you get creative with tiny gear.

very deserving of the "R" rating.