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Have You Seen It?

5.10, Sport, 260 ft (79 m), 2 pitches,  Avg: 2.3 from 12 votes
FA: Scott Ayers & Bob Hutchins
Arizona > Southern Arizona > Cochise Stronghold > W Stronghold > Sheepshead Area… > Muttonhead

Description

A fair two-pitch bolted line that is worth doing if you are in the area.

Pitch 1 (5.10-, 150'): Climb up bolts along the arête. When the bolts leave the arête step right, plug in an optional cam, and make a 10-move on to a dike. Continue along bolts passing more dikes and a tree. Belay at a two bolt anchor.

Pitch 2 (5.10, 110'): Run it out from the anchor on easy ground to a series of bolts leading up 5.9-5.10 slab. You will arrive at a ledge with a diagonal crack protected by more bolts. Follow the crack up for three bolts, then step left on to harder slab (5.10) ending at a move around a blunt arête and some crumbly rock. Belay at a two bolt anchor. Contrived but with some decent slab moves.

Descent: Rappel the route.

A topo for this route can be downloaded from

toofasttopos.com/free/

Location

Far left side of the Southwest face of Muttonhead. Starts at the arête just right of Seeing is Believing.

Protection

Quickdraws, a few cams ranging from .4" to 2".

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Route Overlays for Have You Seen It, No More Credit From the Liquor Store, I'm Your Huckleberry.
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Pitch 2.
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To rap with a single rope, from top of Pitch 2 traverse left 15 feet to anchors at top of Tour Buses Welcome.
[Hide Photo] To rap with a single rope, from top of Pitch 2 traverse left 15 feet to anchors at top of Tour Buses Welcome.
Nate A starting up Pitch 1.
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Second half of Pitch 1.
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P1. Like the name "Lesbian Encounters" suggested, due to 3 dikes. Follow the new hangers up and right. How about 3 Dikes as a route name?
[Hide Photo] P1. Like the name "Lesbian Encounters" suggested, due to 3 dikes. Follow the new hangers up and right. How about 3 Dikes as a route name?
Getting into the last little bit of hard slab, top of pitch two.
[Hide Photo] Getting into the last little bit of hard slab, top of pitch two.
Second pitch is slabtastic!
[Hide Photo] Second pitch is slabtastic!
Ouch, my fingers.
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Mark on the first pitch, above all the dikes.
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Tim Hadfield
Steamboat Springs, Co
  5.10b/c
[Hide Comment] This was definitely solid 5.10 climbing, and a real hoot. We were calling it "Lesbian Encounter", because you climb through at least three sweet intruding dikes. We ended up climbing on to the top of the formation for a fairly simple hike back to the packs. Jan 12, 2012
Justin Headley
Tucson
[Hide Comment] You're not going to top out unless you bring gear. From the 2nd pitch anchors, go up and left to join up with the 5.6R pitch of Tour Buses Welcome. I never found that cam placement on the first pitch, but felt the bolt spacing was fine anyway. Apr 21, 2016
Neil Kauffman
Bishop, CA
[Hide Comment] Only climbed the first pitch; great featured rock! 16-18 bolts in 40 meters to rap hangers. 70m rope comes up short, but you could downclimb from around the 1st bolt if rapping. Jan 14, 2017
Steph Abegg
Estes Park, CO
[Hide Comment] You can easily traverse left 15 feet from the top of Pitch 2 to the top anchor of Tour Buses Welcome and rap that route with a single rope (3 raps to the ground). Dec 25, 2023
Steph Abegg
Estes Park, CO
[Hide Comment] There are 16 bolts on Pitch 1 (not 12 as in the guidebook we had). Dec 26, 2023