 Essentials for a safe night-time decent: The glowstick earring |
 Uneven hat distribution is a crime on Camelback |
 First watering hole |
 Clearing the slickrock trail ahead, Kim had to flick off the unwanted hikerbugs |
 Scrambling up ahead to taunt those below me |
 Taunting those below |
 Negotiating a 5.11 route |
 Scrambling a 5.14 route |
 Totally unaware of the large flicking finger poised above |
 The air up here was great |
 There was something really interesting near the camera |
 The interesting thing came out from behind the camera |
 Be very scared |
 Scary-ness passes |
 After successfully dodging the flicking fingers, we were safe for the final ascent |
 Synchronized ascent |
 Feigning the near-fall |
 Such good acting deserves a hydration break |
 Double-cap girl in our secret cave |
 All this will someday be yours |
 What...the curtains? |
 Thinking about the post-hike burgers again |
 We gained the top in harsh wintery conditions that turned back many hearty climbers |
 Years of preparation all for this moment in the sun .. and moon |
 Moments before we started howling |
 Moments after we stopped howling |
 The sun sets on another day of hydrating |
 Another in a series of hydration sunset photos |
 Sunset sillouette |
 Another day sets on Camelback |
 Shrunken head or gigantic fingers?? |
 When a blurry full moon rises over Camelback, watch out |
 Once tamed, the werewolves were eager to join in the photo shoot |
 Conveniently located handholds take the place of escalators |
 Pay no attention to the man behind the fence |
 Going to great lengths to retrieve a poor confused runaway glowstick |
 These waterbottles help me fly |
 Looking at the interesting person in the backseat |
 Tom is so proud of his new waterbottle he forgot to remove his portajohn-colored hat |
 A rare, candid study in pre-hike sunglass adjustment |
 Contemplating whether coconuts can indeed migrate |
 The Court of King Aurthur moments before mounting the death-defying climb to the Cave of Eternal Peril |
 Hydration comes before the ascent |
 No Holy Grail here so we moved on |
 About to lift off for flight using only a pair of water bottles |
 We know Tom's favorite color |
 Scooting thru the entrance to the Cave of Eternal Peril |
 This one screams out for a caption |
 On the lookout for African and European Swallows |
 Knowing the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow allowed her entrance to the Cave |
 But I don't want the curtains |
 Crossing over the Gorge of Eternal Peril was pure treachery |
 No big deal, ferris wheel |
 Tom almost loses it but is saved by grabbing onto the wings of a European swallow |
 Retrieving the shrubbery before cutting down the mightiest tree in the desert with a herring |
 Scaling Castle Anthrax toward the grail-shaped beacon |
 Warning other travelers about the Perils above |
 We didn't find the holy grail, only these drool deflectors |
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