Cochise Stronghold

Location Description

64 photos

View to the west from Crackathon area of Cochise Stronghold west.
John reading the beta (and Jay).
Climbing porkpie.
Monica belaying John on Driven by Fear (5.8).
John on lead on Driven by Fear (5.8).
Monica and Catherine at the base of Driven by Fear.
John works on the bottom of Driven By Fear (5.8) at the...
I believe this was when John was trying to start the...
John did make the alternate route look fun, though.
John trying to work over to the major crack.
More horizontal movement.
John working his way up. Check out that huge cam!
Jay hanging out at the bottom of Driven By Fear. He...
Monica top-roping Driven by Fear.
Taking a break.
Weird cone to the west of West Cochise. It sort of looks...
Rocks.
Monica on Driven By Fear.
Catherine wearing my hat.
Monica climbing Driven By Fear. It was pretty steep!
Jay bouldering around?
Monica.
Monica climbing the aligator skin on the right side of...
Monica getting higher up.
Posing for the camera.
Note the slung chicken head! Scary!
Jay getting ready to climb.
Catherine points out a lizard!
Monica, nearing the top of Driven by Fear.
Getting lowered.
Jay works his way up Driven By Fear (5.8).
By this point, Jay lead the bottom 20 ft or so, John...
Jay moves his way up the wall.
This route involved lots of hand placement in a deep, wide crack.
Jay seems to stair-step his way up.
A little more perspective on the route. There is about...
Zoomed out further.
There were some big, fat lizards enjoying the heat of...
Jay climbs the alligator skin.
More perspective, with Jay on Driven By Fear (5.8).
Jay gets a bit spread out. Zoom in to see John's...
Jay going from one side of the crack to the other.
Jay climbs above the first chicken head pro. Above, you...
Where's Wald--- Jay?
Jay on Driven By Fear (5.8).
Jay nears the point of Driven By Fear (5.8) where even...
And off he goes towards the anchor...
One last backwards glance for a photo op.
Hiking in to Sheepshead Dome, the right-most formation shown.
Slightly better shot of the 700+ ft sheepshead dome.
Ian leading the first pitch (look closely) of Absinthe...
Ian and Pietro at the top of pitch 2?
Pietro at the top of pitch 2. Sort of not visible here...
John
John again.
View from our perch.
Pietro on rappel, headed back to the ground.
Swallows and falcons along the cliff side.
Hiking back out.
Pietro and Ian.
Tree.
Playing on a rather funny shaped rock.
Pietro.
Tree + sunset.