Long Dogs

In place of rad climbing shots, here are dogs*:

Oliver, Long Dog extraordinaire:

Stella, Long Dog in training:

 

  

  

Mass hysteria!

*Note: these dogs are actually quiet, well mannered, and calm. It's almost like if you train your dogs to behave well, they do, and if you let them run amok, they do. Weird...

Additions

Stella:

 

  

 

Yeah, that sweater she's wearing, it's the sleeve from Rocky's grey sweatshirt. Seriously.

 

Oliver approves

An Unexpected Guest

Today, Lucas and I had a companion at Dark Waters:

We all got along well, even though she didn't bring a pad. Come to think of it, she wasn't too keen on spotting, either.

Made you look, Asher...

Neither of us had ever seen a black widow before, and we were both excited and terrified. Several things surprised me:
1) that she was at Dark Waters.
2) that she was so big.
3) that her hourglass was so vivd. I didn't adjust any settings on these photos; she's all natural.

It's great that climbing gives one the opportunity to be in the natural world (not that Clear Creek really exists in the natural world...) and come across such unexpected sights. Somehow, I don't think I'd have seen this if I was into racquetball.