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![Ides Of Middlemarch](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/DSCN8215-225x300.jpg)
Ides Of Middlemarch.
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![Cochise Stronghold](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/IMG_4123-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley on the approach to the Sheepshead on the west side of the Stronghold (Dec. 2010).
![The Sheepshead](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/IMG_4143-768x1024.jpg)
The Sheepshead. A great face with a large collection (too many?) of 6-8 pitch routes (Dec. 2010).
![Ides Of Middlemarch](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/IMG_1299-768x1024.jpg)
Yours truly leading pitch 1 of Ides Of Middlemarch…the first visible bulge/roof is the crux of the route (Dec. 2010).
![Ides Of Middlemarch](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/GOPR0033-1024x768.jpg)
At the crux on pitch 1 of Ides Of Middlemarch…Shirely is belaying below. View provided by the helmet cam (Dec. 2010).
![Ides Of Middlemarch](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/DSCN8189-768x1024.jpg)
Shirley leading pitch 2 of Ides Of Middlemarch …a very nice, trad pitch (Dec. 2010).
![Ides Of Middlemarch](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/IMG_1313-1024x768.jpg)
Yours truly nearing the top of pitch 2 of Ides Of Middlemarch (Dec. 2010).
![Ides Of Middlemarch](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/DSCN8197-768x1024.jpg)
Shirley atop pitch 2 of Ides Of Middlemarch with the desert landscape of SE Arizona in the background (Dec. 2010).
![Ides Of Middlemarch](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/IMG_1316-768x1024.jpg)
Starting up pitch 3 of Ides Of Middlemarch…nice, sustained trad pitch (Dec. 2010).
![Ides Of Middlemarch](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/DSCN8210-1024x768.jpg)
Shirley on pitch 3 of Ides Of Middlemarch (Dec. 2010).
![Ides Of Middlemarch](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/DSCN8215-768x1024.jpg)
The exit move – funnest pitch of the route I think.
![Ides Of Middlemarch](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/IMG_1326-768x1024.jpg)
Yours truly starting the lead of pitch 4 of Ides Of Middlemarch…a short crack/groove thing followed by easy and fun sea of chickenheads (Dec. 2010).
![Ides Of Middlemarch](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/DSCN8216-768x1024.jpg)
Shirley belaying me from top of pitch 3 on Ides Of Middlemarch (Dec. 2010).
![Ides Of Middlemarch](https://chossclimbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/DSCN8220-768x1024.jpg)
Shirley starting up the finishing pitch of Ides Of Middlemarch…this is the final pitch of Peacemaker actually that we had done in the past. The standard finishing pitch of Ides features some loose chockstones reportedly (Dec. 2010).
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