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Peak Mountain 3

Nag

FA Jason Hackney & Blake Summers, August 2018
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Description

"Then inch by inch out of the grass rose up the head and spread hood of Nag, the big black cobra, and he was five feet long from tongue to tail. When he had lifted one-third of himself clear of the ground, he stayed balancing to and fro exactly as a dandelion tuft balances in the wind, and he looked at Rikki-tikki-tavi with the wicked snake’s eyes that never change their expression, whatever the snake may be thinking of. “Who is Nag?” said he. “I am Nag. The great God Brahm put his mark upon all our people, when the first cobra spread his hood to keep the sun off Brahm as he slept. Look, and be afraid...”

--from 'Rikki Tikki Tavi' by Rudyard Kipling

A fun foray into chimneying with some hand-sized opening moves and an entry-dance to get into the crack. An irresistible feature and a commanding position that's not to be missed.

Location

Using the ledge systems, pick your way under the wall's namesake Cobra formation out around the corner. Once you've turned it, look up and ahead and the giant cleaved block of 'Nag' is unmissable.

Protection

Nothing as big as you might think since the horizontal cracks take plentiful mid-sizes