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| Michael Nerby climbing pitch 31. |
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| The view for Long Ledge looking down at the Headwall. This is probably not the funniest place to belay - especially if you consider the lack of a ledge to stand on and the fact that I am not the fastest leader around... |
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| Leading the headwall. Don't I look heroic? Don't be fooled, I aided the whole thing. |
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| Me over the Roof and Elaine cleaning. Notice the previous picture we were in the shade and I was about to start leading this short pitch? Yeah, we are not exactly speed demons. |
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| Gear exchange just below the Roof. The route follows the crack slightly to the right of us. |
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| Here I am hauling on top of the Block while Elaine cleans. You would think I would figure a way to get her to haul once in a while. But, she is the smarter of the two of us. |
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| Elaine enjoying the "belay" on top of El Cap Spire. I use quotes around the word belay because she did not have her hand on the GriGri. So how come I have such a hard time keeping partners? |
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| The Ear. I had to set up the haul below the ledge to reduce the rope drag. It was right about here that Elaine told me that she enjoyed following this pitch - this is not fair. If it is hard to lead, it should not be enjoyable to follow. |
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| Elaine following on pitch 16. This was a fun pitch to lead and it went mostly free for me. |
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| This is the moment where I realized I forgot my knee pads. I was trying to figure out if there was any reasonable way to get back to the haul bag to get them. I ended up climbing it without the knee pads (not recommended) |
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| https://vimeo.com/82643102 |
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