Guide for Cochise Stronghold?

[tanstaafl]

I'm heading to AZ for my brother's wedding in a week and planning to spend several days at Cochise. Does anyone have a guide they'd be willing to loan out for a week?

 

thanks.

[jeh]

Have you seen this?

 

Backcountry Rockclimbing in Southern Arizona

 

I've never been, so I'm not sure how complete it is, but it looks like a good start. Will require a bit of printing though...

 

J

[tanstaafl]

sweet! I heard that was available but no one knew where. Looks like I'll be doing some printing...

[goatboy]

Hey!

 

I recommend focusing on the East Stronghold and printing some pages such as:

 

1) Wasteland

 

2) What's My Line

 

3) Beeline

 

4) I've heard good things about Endgame but haven't done it myself.

 

5) I didn't really enjoy Days of Futures Passed as much as some others did.

 

Give me a call if you'd like more info. I've been there a coupla times. Its a hell of a place.

[Off_White]

Forest Lawn/Pair a Grins - a great link up on the s end of the Rockfellows

Abracadaver - if you're up for some 5.11

Knead Me - if you have a sick fascination with wide stuff

Days of Future Passed - I liked it rather more than Goatboy did. Is it still 1/4" buttonheads on the face climbing?

Inner Passage - this is the tunnel between a couple of the pillars, do it west to east and bring knee pads to have a better time.

Ditto on Goatboy's other recommendations.

 

I have the Kerry guide if you want to borrow it, but I'm down in the Olympia area.

 

[susan]

kellie

 

I've got the guide.

 

Susan

[susan]

kellie

 

I've got a guide you can borrow. Eastside is nice, but camping is much better on the west side. Plus you have more larger, longer destinations.

 

Susan

[tanstaafl]

wow. Thanks everyone for the offers and suggestions. Turns out my partner has the Kerry book; I'm noting the route suggestions.

 

I sure *hope* I'll be up for 5.11; we'll see how the !$*% elbow reacts to "real" climbing.

 

GB, Susan, maybe a drink this Friday?

[goatboy]

No can do -- I'm off for a sunrise wedding atop Steens Mtn in E Oregon -- brrr!!!!!

 

Can't wait to hear about your sick ascents in the Stronghold, though....

 

OW - I don't remember any 1/4 inch bolts...

[tanstaafl]

Oh that's right -- tell Kevin and Owyhee congrats for me.

 

I'll do my best to "send that shit" in your honor.

[Otto]

Another good one is Absinthe of Mallet on Sheepshead. Varied climbing on clean rock, nice and long, less than 5.11, super fun. You might even find some quarter inch bolts.

[goatboy]

Oh that's right -- tell Kevin and Owyhee congrats for me.

 

I'll do my best to "send that shit" in your honor.

 

I will convey your congrats -- and YOU GO GIRL!!!

 

Also -- curious about the comments regarding camping on the West Side -- it was described as nasty, full of broken glass, and trash (in every sense of the word) a few years ago by some friends who hated it. I haven't been to that side in a long time -- but the East Side has both a forest service campground (with bathroom) and primitive camping in pullouts along dirt roads, all super close to the approach trails....so, for me, it's not a bad way to go.