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No More Credit From the Liquor Store

5.10c, Sport, 285 ft (86 m), 3 pitches,

Avg: 2.7 from 16 votes
FA: Scott Ayers & Avi Steinburg
Arizona > Southern Arizona > Cochise Stronghold > W Stronghold > Sheepshead Area… > Muttonhead

Description

This is another multipitch bolted line on the southwest face of Muttonhead. It starts on the right side of the face at a slab. There is an arch about 40' up to the left of the route.

Pitch 1 (5.9, 95'): Straightforward slab and face climbing to a two-bolt anchor.

Pitch 2 (5.10+, 100'): The crux pitch. Move to a hole on the right, pull a tricky bulge (10+) and make technical moves past the next two-bolts (10+). The climbing quickly becomes easier and more runout.

Pitch 3 (5.10, 90'): This is the nicest pitch on the route. Climb difficult slab (5.10) up and left from the anchor. The climb sweeps back to the right to a steep section with a few jug moves over a bulge (5.9).

Descent: Rappel the route.

Location

The route starts on the right side of the face at a slab. There is an arch about 40' up to the left of the route. See the free topo at toofasttopos.com/free/

Protection

All bolts

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Pitch 3.

Route Overlays for Have You Seen It, No More Credit From the Liquor Store, I'm Your Huckleberry.

Alex firing the last of the slab moves before the short, steep headwall on pitch three

Nate A starting up Pitch 1.

Ape index a-go-go!

This part looks more casual when he does it somehow >:-|

...vs boy beta

...mm hmm mm hmm...

We will now witness girl beta ...

Leading pitch 2....harder than it looks

Daryl gets us going<br>
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January 2010

Daryl gets us going January 2010

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Aerili
Los Alamos, NM

5.10

I am 99% certain I climbed this route last winter. I thought it was a high quality route with really great sections on all pitches, but the grade is no more than 10b/c imo. (I err more toward the 10b end, although 10c is possible.)

5.9 rating for p1 I agree with.

10b/c for p2.

10a/b for p3.

I led p2 and onsighted it; I have never onsighted 11- sport. Also, for me, finding my way to get over the bulge above the giant hole was the crux (somewhat reach dependent, so I had to do it in a completely different way than my male partners). The move above it to the next bolt was also cruxy, but easier for me than the bulge move off the belay.

I did not lead p3, but I thought the slab was definitely far easier than, say, the 10c slab on a route like Warpaint.

I have many pics of this route; eventually I will post some. And I look forward to climbing it again one day! Nov 15, 2010

Daryl Allan
Sierra Vista, AZ

5.10a

Agreed Aerili.. unless something broke off on p2 since you and i did it, it's no more than 10a/b in my humble opinion. To use a contrast, it's milder than the start of p2 on Absinthe. That being said, good onsight, gf!! ;) I would go with p1:9, p2:10a/b, p3:9. Fun route. Nov 22, 2010

Aerili
Los Alamos, NM

5.10

Damn, Daryl, you sandbagger! ;) I definitely think p2 is harder than 10a, and I think p3 is probably around 10a on the slab?? Argh, can't remember the fine details on that last one!

I don't think p2 was easier than Absinthe's pitch 2, just different (both reachy!). Although at least this one does not have your gear in your handhold, haaa! Nov 26, 2010

lou

I climbed this wonderful outing last winter with Bret. I got lucky n onsighted the first two pitches. Since its not named... we coined it "snowball"..... it had snowed the day before n the hike in as well as the less vertical faces had snow clingin about. It was a bluebird day..... as we climbed snow chunks fell from above an smashed here n there. I stopped calling rock.. and started yellin snowballs.
IMHO.. the first pitch is 9... second is 10d.. an third is 10a....
rap with one sixty.. Dec 26, 2010