- Clare ready
Clare, ready to kick some rock ass. - Clare climbs1
"How 'bout instead, we go home for some hot cocoa? (you fucking madmen)" - Clare climbs 4
Clare: "this is fun, scaling cliffs?" - George gropes
George gropes, "Whose turn is it now?" - Clare climbs 5
The First Step! - Clare climbs George consults 2
Clare gets the lay of the land (or rather, cliff). - Clare rests
[the first rest stop] - Clare climbs 9
Progress! - Clare climbs George Bryan consult
Pausing, regrouping, calling in some consultants. - Clare triumphant
Clare, triumphant - Doug takes 8 flake
Doug moves on up. - Doug climbs
Doug begins his ascent. - Bryan Leslie Clare at rest
Bryan, Leslie and Clare, rest. - Some rest some play
Everyone else was working so hard... - Doug climbs slanted
George commandeers the camera to take some art shots of Doug climbing. [1] - Doug climbs 3
[2] - Doug untied
Doug straps himself in. - Aftermath
Aftermath: We retire for pizza. - Aftermath 2
It doesn't come fast enough. George, sadly, is killed. - 102 0255 IMG
Leslie and her hat are ready to go. - 102 0257 IMG
Thwarted! REI, where three of the climbers need to rent shoes, is closed until 10. - 102 0258 IMG
Leslie and Ali contemplate storming the gates. - 102 0259 IMG
On the drive out there: goats! - 102 0260 IMG
Bryan, George, Leslie's head, in Sex Cave, from above. - 102 0261 IMG
Doug and Ali. - 102 0262 IMG
Doug hikes with the crash pad. - 102 0264 IMG
Setting up. - 102 0265 IMG
Bryan leads. - 102 0268 IMG
As they regroup, it's decided that unconventional methods are called for. - 102 0269 IMG
Shut up! This climb was hard! So what if Leslie needed a little help from the tree?