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Climbing Cochise Stronghold

  East Cochise Stronghold Brad Hardin and I Climb Endgame 5.10b 5 pitches and Wasteland 5.8 6 pitches  Feb 16-18 Camped BLM land. There are established campgrounds at end of the road with bathroom. But the BLM land are more open, better views, and FREE.  Day 1: Climb Endgame 5.10b.  Approach started 7:30 am, arrived at base at 9:00am. Started climbing at 9:30am. Topped out at 2:30pm. Back at the car by 5:45pm. We spend 30 minutes on Summit. ANd about 30 minutes before and after climb at the base of route. Really relaxed day. The crux was on 1st pitch, opening 2-3 bolts were on slab traverse. Best pitch is pitch 3, on really beautiful plates and chuckleheads on electric green lichen rock. The final pitch was varied, with cool chimney moves and required different techniques.  Pitch 1: 150 165'. 15 bolts...Bottom half traverse and steep middle, easy finish all have different feel to first pitch.  Brad following on 1st pitch. Picture is deceiving. This is last 30-40' of 5-7 climbin

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