Sweet Rock, Cochise Stronghold. Good and Plenty, ...
Description
Mostly Sport climbing just before Isle of You Wall. This area is being developed by Mike and Amy Diesen, Daryl Allen and Angel Mangual-Guadalupe. Great routes and well bolted. A 60 meter rope is required for most routes.
Here is a list of the routes so far from left to right: Good and Plenty 5.7 Peanut Brittle 5.9+ Cracker Jack 5.10c/d Everlasting Gobstopper 5.10c/d Mounds 5.10- Hot Tamale 5.10b/c Jawbreaker 5.10a/b Pop Rocks 5.10a Thingamajig 5.9+ Watchamacallit 5.8 Kit Kat 5.7+ Atomic Fireball 5.10a Now and Later 5.10b Pay Day 5.9+ Zagnut 5.11b Lemmonhead 5.11a Taste the Rainbow 5.8 (around back side)
The rock quality is pretty good and the loose stuff is getting cleaned up but this is a new area and there is still some loose stuff. MAKE SURE YOUR BELAYER WEARS A HELMET.
Getting There
After turning on the spur road to Isle of You it is the obvious 140 foot rock on the right.
The Classics
Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Sweet Rock:
By Daryl Allan From: Sierra Vista, AZ Jan 15, 2009
Would like to 2nd Mike's comment about the helmet. Everyone standing around at the base of a route where someone is climbing should have a helmet on. This is good form anywhere but should practiced here in particular. The area is very new so expect some debris. We've worked hard to pull off the obvious (and some not so obvious) meteors but more are sure to come; particularly as you move to the routes to the middle and to the right.
Sweet Rock, indeed. Great job Mike and company! The new routes are fun, fun, fun. Good range of climbs, with something for everyone.
Daryl - Taking your advice on the helmet, but I've just got to point out the photo above of you and Angel standing under a climber *bareheaded*. :) Do as I say, not as I do?
By Daryl Allan From: Sierra Vista, AZ Jan 26, 2009
Exactly! Ya gotta be tough when you're dumb! :) You're right though.. I should have had the bucket on.
What sup guys!! Men I am stuck in Kuwait waiting to go to Afghanistan. I met this dude from SF but civilian and he is a climber and had climb in Afghanistan. He said the climbing was great and of course no body has really climb it. Men, If I can I will do it. Men do I miss it. Oh by the way they sell Rock Ice magazine over here awesome!
That's right! Gadgets were installed instead of bolts/hangers out at sweet rock. The term 'hangers' is to be ritually replaced with 'gadgets' while climbing here. =)
Lots of stuff still coming off here - highly recommend helmet wear, especially for the belayer. Fun routes that will clean up nicely as people get on them more. Some holds will still come off in your hand (or under your feet), so be wary of that as you head up!! Regardless, go climb them - the 5 second approach is worth it! :) Mostly shady until about 2 pm as of now, which makes for pleasant temperatures.
By Daryl Allan From: Sierra Vista, AZ Sep 17, 2009
Hey Primo. I heard through a friend that someone in your group got tagged pretty bad deflecting a rock while belaying on Mounds. Very sorry to hear about the accident. I hope it wasn't too serious and that she's able to heal and climb very soon. d
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