Pitch 5 or 6 of Sourmash. Super classic

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Pitch 5 or 6 of Sourmash. Super classic

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Very ascetic climbing throughout the length of the climb

Vaino Kodas, cruising the p6 crux

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Peter Howes

Apr 5, 2015

“Pitch 5 or 6 of Sourmash. Super classic”

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Route Overlay Sour Mash

super fun face climbing

Donini on Sour Mash...

Georg climbs through the .10a first pitch crux

Pitch 6 where the climb takes on a sportish nature

annotated route (photo by Jascha)

Georg pulls on crack and face hold crux moves on the 5th pitch

Looking down from P4 belay--a super well protected climb.

Right when all the fun begins! Top of P2. Fall 2010<br>
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Photo Matt Kuehl

Following P6 on Sour Mash. This pitch is sprayed with bolts and soft for 10a. But the climbing is excellent.<br>

Looking down the best pitch of the route!

Pitch 1 corner

Looking down pitch 5

Looking up at pitch two, from the top of P1. It's good to combine P1 and P2, about 190 feet.

Very ascetic climbing throughout the length of the climb

Pitch 5 or 6 of Sourmash. Super classic

Vaino Kodas, cruising the p6 crux

Pitch 6.

sooo nice looking up on the last half of pitch 6

Looking up at the awesome pitch 4 lead by Paul Foster.

Looking at sour mash from the start. Right of fidler on the roof.

Rapping off sourmash over fiddler on the roof.

A view down sour mash from a top of pitch 6

Coming up pitch 5 beautiful climbing

the crux of the route was this 1st pitch for me.

Starting pitch 3.

Tora and I running up Sour Mash!

P1 Anchor by the tree. Fall 2010<br>
<br>
Photo Matt Kuehl

crux pitch

Jackie on the P1 or P2 as we did it.

Jascha on P5

Tatiana feeling the exposure on pitch 6.

Looking down from pitch four

Avoid ending up here. Rap from lowest possible anchor above roof. Fall 2010<br>
<br>
Photo Matt Kuehl

P3 (photo by Jascha)

passing through the small roof at the start of P2 (photo by Jascha)

Jascha on P1

Jascha on P2

Jascha on P4

Sour Mash, pitch 3

thin crack on P1 (photo by Jascha)

thin traverse on P1 (photo by Jascha)

Jascha cursing P6

Brandon Penkalski on the money pitch of Sour Mash

Jascha approaching the final belay