18th Stroke Anniversary: Tinaja and Redcap

These small peaks are out by Calico Basin west of Las Vegas, and offered some nice out-of-the-way scrambling
Just before we started to take the CORVID-19 stuff really seriously, Barb and Judy joined me for a celebration. I was looking for an excuse not to go here.

Pics by Harlan W S

March 08, 2020

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We went counterclockwise
from the Kraft lot. Notice
 how the new LIDAR
elevation data makes the
terrain on the east and
south much more detailed.
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Here's the same route
on Google earth
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Barb and Judy
negotiate some
potholes west of
RedCap
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The only class 4
on Tinaja
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RedCap in Back to east
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Big Sandstone
Peaks in distance
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Chillin' on Tinaja Pk
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The east-most Tinaja.
There is a 150' gap between
where Barb and Judy
stand and that "boulder"...
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2 years back, and I'm
on the "boulder"
which is actually another
peak. The tinaja from
previous picture is
shown. I've rapped off
this side 2x, last time
4 months before...
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...using this rock
as anchor for a 5000lb
dyneema sling. I don't
know why someone took
the sling; maybe overly
LNT, or couldn't
find a pine tree to cut
down. This anchor is
out-of-the-way, so I'm
guessing it was
someone who reads my
Facebook feed.
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heading back down
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Barb on the crux
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Now up the traditional
route to RedCap;
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I forgot to take
pictures on summit,
so now we head down
the east side of RedCap
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We took one of
my obscure ways down.
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We will drop into
Ash Canyon
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