Quick In And Out To Cochise

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Summary

Unnamed (right of Stampede)
Phony Pony.
So I think we did this trip in late January of 2009 but I’m not 100% sure. From my notes, I have the following summaries for the two routes we did.

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

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).

The Climb Too Tough To Die
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).

The Climb Too Tough To Die
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).

The Climb Too Tough To Die
Pitch 3 of The Climb Too Tough To Die (5.10-) on Sheepshead Dome in Arizona's West Cochise Stronghold (Jan. 2009).

The Climb Too Tough To Die
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).

The Climb Too Tough To Die
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).

The Climb Too Tough To Die
Following pitch 5 of The Climb Too Tough To Die (5.10-) on Sheepshead Dome in Arizona's West Cochise Stronghold (Jan. 2009).

The Climb Too Tough To Die
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).

The Climb Too Tough To Die
Yours truly following the spectacular 6th and last pitch of The Climb Too Tough To Die on Sheepshead Dome (Jan. 2009).

Phony Pony
Unnamed (right of Stampede)
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).
Unnamed (right of Stampede)
Shirley leading the wonderfully varied pitch 2 of the new line on Sheepshead, an unnamed just right of the classic Stampede (Jan. 2009).
Unnamed (right of Stampede)
Following the stellar pitch 2 of an unnamed route right of Stampede (Jan. 2009).
Unnamed (right of Stampede)
Leading the surprisingly tricky pitch 3 of the new Unnamed route (right of Stampede; Jan. 2009).
Unnamed (right of Stampede)
Shirley nearing the top of pitch 3 of the new Unnamed route right of Stampede (Jan. 2009).
Unnamed (right of Stampede)
Shirley leading pitch 4 of the Unnamed route right of Stampede (Jan. 2009).
Unnamed (right of Stampede)
Shirley leading pitch 4 of the Unnamed route right of Stampede on Sheepshead Dome (Jan. 2009).
Unnamed (right of Stampede)
Yours truly nearing the top of pitch 4 of the Unnamed route right of Stampede on The Sheepshead (Jan. 2009).
Unnamed (right of Stampede)
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).
Unnamed (right of Stampede)
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).
Unnamed (right of Stampede)
Shirley following the 5th pitch of an unnamed route right of Stampede (Jan. 2009).
Unnamed (right of Stampede)
Shirley topping out on the Unnamed route right of Stampede on Sheepshead in Cochise, AZ (Jan. 2009).

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