Some rest some play
Everyone else was working so hard...
Doug climbs 3
[2]
Clare triumphant
Clare, triumphant
Doug untied
Doug straps himself in.
Doug takes 8 flake
Doug moves on up.
Doug climbs
Doug begins his ascent.![Clare climbs 4](users/overt/_data/i/users/overt/menalto_albums/travel/climbing/20030301/Clare_climbs_4-me.jpg "Clare climbs 4 (1739 visits) Clare: "this is fun, scaling cliffs?"")
Clare climbs 4
Clare: "this is fun, scaling cliffs?"
George hat and trees
George, hat, and trees
In Sex Cave
Sex Cave
Bryan Leslie Clare at rest
Bryan, Leslie and Clare, rest.
Doug pensive
Why it's your mama, Steve! Get the axe!![Clare climbs1](users/overt/_data/i/users/overt/menalto_albums/travel/climbing/20030301/Clare_climbs1-me.jpg "Clare climbs1 (1777 visits) "How 'bout instead, we go home for some hot cocoa? (you fucking madmen)"")
Clare climbs1
"How 'bout instead, we go home for some hot cocoa? (you fucking madmen)"
Clare perky
Why, it's Clare's!
Doug pack mule
We journey to a new land! (Doug, to his dismay, carries the crash pad again.)
Clare ready
Clare, ready to kick some rock ass.![George gropes](users/overt/_data/i/users/overt/menalto_albums/travel/climbing/20030301/George_gropes-me.jpg "George gropes (1801 visits) George gropes, "Whose turn is it now?"")
George gropes
George gropes, "Whose turn is it now?"
Down at Doug Clare Ali
Clare returns to land. Who's next?
Clare climbs 9
Progress!
George Bryan
Hoping for better luck on this climb, George and Bryan set up.
Clare steps up
Clare steps up
George in take it up asana
George climbs. What a hat.
George laughs
George smiles on us from above.
Clare rests
[the first rest stop]
Aftermath 2
It doesn't come fast enough. George, sadly, is killed.
Clare climbs George Bryan consult
Pausing, regrouping, calling in some consultants.
Clare climbs George consults 2
Clare gets the lay of the land (or rather, cliff).
Clare doubts
Clare, strapped in for her first climb ever.
Trekking 3
The first step of our climbing adventure: walking on slippery rock and through a running creek.
Clare enters Sex Cave
Clare enters Sex Cave
Clare climbs 5
The First Step!