2009 Wilderness Institute

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Wilderness Institute 2009 Cochise Stronghold

This will be our 14th annual Wilderness Institute experience, and the our third trip back to Cochise Stronghold. We visited Cochise for the first time in 2002 and then again in 2006. We would like to thank Duane Bennett with the Coronado National Forest for working with our group to use this spectacular backcountry climbing location. Cochise Stronghold is located within the Douglas Ranger District and has a long history with the Apache Native Americans. The group will be based within the Dragoon Mountains. 

Technical Curriculum: Backcountry desert living & climbing (anchors, sport, lead)

Leadership Curriculum: Professional presentations, facilitation and risk management

History of Location: 
http://www.cochisestronghold.com/

This link provides great information about our location, and it maintained as a service to the public by the Cochise Stronghold B&B.

Current Weather:

NOAA

Weather.com

Map and Daily Itinerary of Location:

Enjoy the map of our trip via Google Earth. You will see our camp sites, climbing locations and backpacking routes. The daily itinerary is located on the right hand column.

Cochise Stronghold (Interactive Map)
(you will need Google Earth to access this site)

Cochise Stronghold (JPG Map)

Equipment and Meals:

Please make careful note of the equipment list for this trip.  Besides your personal clothing, tent & cook group gear, you will begin the trip with 12-14 lbs. of food and will also need space to carry climbing equipment between the two camps.  

Equipment Checklist for Cochise Stronghold

For this particular trip, we will be divided into eight cook groups of three people. The amount of food per person per day (pppd) will be 1.5 lbs equalling 12 lbs per person for the trip. Sport gels, bars, and shot blocks are not added into this equation.

Backcountry Meals Guidelines for the Desert