For Steve's early Father's Day present I hired a guide to teach us how to lay our own protection and create anchors for top rope climbing outdoors. This is our fearless guide, Rick. Surprise Steve! We're not going for a hike.
Steve practices tying a knot around a tree stump.
Steve K. and Steve R. get hooked up so that they don't fall off the side of the rock, while setting anchors :)
Trying to get a good anchor under this very flaky rock
Steve #1 and Steve #2 also working on getting a couple good anchors in
Rick checks our work. He's not allowed to let us kill ourselves, it would be bad for business.
Steve gets ready to rappel, tied into our anchors
I rappel too. You can see the two Steve's down below already. Also notice my extraordinarily large fleece. In my effort to pack us up and get us up to Castle Rock on time to meet our guide and Steve R., without letting Steve K. know what was going on, I forgot to pack warmth for myself. R. was kind enough to loan me his extra fleece. And just our luck, it was freaking cold in the mountains this weekend!
K. belays R.
R and I double check each other to make sure we are all tied in properly. On belay?
Climb on!
K does a beautiful job going up.
And down.
Happy Father's Day my love.
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