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Cochise Stronghold, Sept 2022
We ticked a bucket list item with a road trip to Cochise Stronghold in September. Much planning went into this trip which mostly involved finding someone to take care of our very bad crag dogs and our horses for 10 days.
Giselle plotting course for Cochise StrongholdLong haul but we made it. We decided to check out the West Side of Cochise which offers tons long trad and a decent selection of short sport routes as well. The road in was semi-epic with many washed out sections, but RR Rover handled it OK. Our first bivy was in the Isle of You area near “Sweet Rock”.Climbing on Sweet RockGiselle climbing at Sweet Rock, Isle of You area.Giselle leading another moderate at Sweet Rock, Isle of You areaExploring around Trad Rock, Isle of You areaTrad Rock. Bolted face climbing with “ground up” placed bolts. Giselle leading super classic black water streak on Trad Rock, Isle of You areaTrad rock, Baby Jr.
After a couple of days at Isle of You, we relocated to Sheepshead area, which is one of the main bivy spots with best access to Sheepshead formation and many superb multipitch trad routes.
Sheepshead bivy, shared with “Bessie”, A.K.A. #72We decided to try Ewephoria, a 5 pitch 5.8 which takes the left skyline of the prominent Sheepshead formation, seen here in the upper right quadrant of the photo.
Humping to the base of Ewephoria, on Sheepshead, left.
Looking up the awesome boiler plates on P4 of the superb Ewephoria.
