Old horizontal SMC hanger high on the route. A newer bolt is closeby.

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Old horizontal SMC hanger high on the route. A newer bolt is closeby.

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

crux pitch

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“Old horizontal SMC hanger high on the route. A newer bolt is closeby.”

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super fun face climbing

Donini on Sour Mash...

Georg climbs through the .10a first pitch crux

Route Overlay Sour Mash

Top of pitch 6. Definitely not at all staged

Pitch 6 where the climb takes on a sportish nature

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

annotated route (photo by Jascha)

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

Route Overlay Sour Mash (updated based on comments and re-climbing route, 2026).

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

Looking down pitch 5

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!

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

Pitch 1 corner

Pitch 6.

Very ascetic climbing throughout the length of the climb

Pitch 5 or 6 of Sourmash. Super classic

sooo nice looking up on the last half of pitch 6

Vaino Kodas, cruising the p6 crux

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.

Jascha on P5

Starting pitch 3.

Jascha cursing P6

Tora and I running up Sour Mash!

Topo, trip report at tenthousandtoofar.com

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

thin crack on P1 (photo by Jascha)

Looking down from pitch four

Sour Mash, pitch 3

P3 (photo by Jascha)

Jascha on P1

Jascha on P2

Jascha on P4

thin traverse on P1 (photo by Jascha)

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

Brandon Penkalski on the money pitch of Sour Mash

Mike at the top of pitch 1

Current status of the tat on the bush if you're rapping with an 80m

Double rope rappel over the roof

Tatiana feeling the exposure on pitch 6.

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

Old horizontal SMC hanger high on the route. A newer bolt is closeby.

crux pitch

Jackie on the P1 or P2 as we did it.

Jascha approaching the final belay

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