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Summary
Phony Pony.
The Climb Too Tough To Die (5.10-). A very fun route! Not very sustained pitches but every pitch seems to have some itneresting moves. Mostly a bolted climb, except for a crack midway up P1. Finishing pitch is pretty spectacular. Shirley led evens & I did odds.
Phony Pony formerly known as Unnamed (right of Stampede) (5.9+). Beautiful modern line – nicely bolted where needed and trad protected otherwise. Pitch 2 is pretty amazing: you get slab moves, thin hands crack, flared chimney, finger crack and a steepish face finish all in a 120′ package! Shirley led evens (which are probably the funnest)…feels like a big “+” in 5.9+…
Photos
The Climb Too Tough To Die
Starting up pitch 1 of The Climb Too Tough To Die (5.10-) on Sheepshead Dome in Arizona's West Cochise Stronghold (Jan. 2009).
Shirley nearing the top of pitch 1 of The Climb Too Tough To Die (5.10-) on Sheepshead Dome in Arizona's West Cochise Stronghold (Jan. 2009).
Shirley leading pitch 2 of The Climb Too Tough To Die (5.10-) on Sheepshead Dome in Arizona's West Cochise Stronghold. She's just past what I think is the route's crux (Jan. 2009).
Pitch 3 of The Climb Too Tough To Die (5.10-) on Sheepshead Dome in Arizona's West Cochise Stronghold (Jan. 2009).
Shirley nearing the top of pitch 3 of The Climb Too Tough To Die (5.10-) on Sheepshead Dome in Arizona's West Cochise Stronghold (Jan. 2009).
Shirley starting up pitch 4 of The Climb Too Tough To Die (5.10-) on Sheepshead Dome in Arizona's West Cochise Stronghold (Jan. 2009).
Following pitch 5 of The Climb Too Tough To Die (5.10-) on Sheepshead Dome in Arizona's West Cochise Stronghold (Jan. 2009).
Shirley leading the super fun 6th and final pitch of The Climb Too Tough To Die (5.10-) on Sheepshead Dome in Arizona's West Cochise Stronghold (Jan. 2009).
Yours truly following the spectacular 6th and last pitch of The Climb Too Tough To Die on Sheepshead Dome (Jan. 2009).
Phony Pony
Shirley starting the lead of the brilliant pitch 2 of an unnamed route right of Stampede - slab to hand crack to chimney to finger crack to steepish face (Jan. 2009).
Shirley leading the wonderfully varied pitch 2 of the new line on Sheepshead, an unnamed just right of the classic Stampede (Jan. 2009).
Following the stellar pitch 2 of an unnamed route right of Stampede (Jan. 2009).
Leading the surprisingly tricky pitch 3 of the new Unnamed route (right of Stampede; Jan. 2009).
Shirley nearing the top of pitch 3 of the new Unnamed route right of Stampede (Jan. 2009).
Shirley leading pitch 4 of the Unnamed route right of Stampede (Jan. 2009).
Shirley leading pitch 4 of the Unnamed route right of Stampede on Sheepshead Dome (Jan. 2009).
Yours truly nearing the top of pitch 4 of the Unnamed route right of Stampede on The Sheepshead (Jan. 2009).
Leading the beautiful 5th and final pitch of the Unnamed route right of Stampede - easy face to a 5.8 chimney/OW then more enjoyable chicken-head studded face (Jan. 2009).
Leading the highly enjoyable 5th and final pitch of the unnamed route right of Stampede (5.10-) on the Sheepshead formation of Cochise Stronghold (Jan. 2009).
Shirley following the 5th pitch of an unnamed route right of Stampede (Jan. 2009).
Shirley topping out on the Unnamed route right of Stampede on Sheepshead in Cochise, AZ (Jan. 2009).
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