Elaine without Sunglasses
Elaine was very distraught after watching her shades careened off the rock on Pitch 2 of Commitment and tumbled off into the bushy oblivion. Fortunately, she happened to be climbing with a great healer of material and emtional loss, and who's been trained to say, "There, there, there" in 17 different langauges. Cheerfulness was quickly restored, and the no longer shaken girl and I are thusly better prepared for the near-epic that awaited us higher up on Selaginella, action-packed with sharing of bodily warmth, and lucid suggestions of getting tethered together with neon orange webbing. By the way, there were slings on the tree Elaine just passed, which didn't seem like such a great spot to set belay before the crux roof. 29 May 2005
Photo Location: | North_America: United_States: California: Yosemite_National_Park: Yosemite_Valley: Five_Open_Books: Five_Open_Books |
Route: | Commitment - 5.9 |