cocoa orca

my camera battery died at the start of the third dive, so dives 3-6 remained unphotographed

dive two at Punta Perdiz

our first dive at Punta Perdiz

There was an eight minute window yesterday when the Moon rolled off El Capitan onto Half Dome.

a quick off-trail day hike in Yosemite, aiming for Devil's Dance Floor from the 120

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, and other street art

for some reason people loved to film on the streets of Habana

revolutionary songs and son montuno and salsa

deviating slightly off-street

la policía

we took packed guaguas and walked past a zoo on the way to the viazul

¡Cuba!

a curiously empty airplane. ¿adónde vamos?

a glimpse into BAMRU incident command (from a search management and advanced search strategy training held today)

Skid Mark (Sport lead 5.9+)

I led pitches 1-2 (linked) and the pitch 5 traverse, but otherwise daiyi led all the beautiful cracks! Note on beta: a single 60m is not enough for one ~43m rap, although it can be downclimbed (or downled, as I did). Also beware slow rappel parties.

I linked the first two pitches but accidentally overcammed a 0.75 C4 near the top. I did some sketchy down-ascending to free it when my partner couldn't get it out, and that ate up all our planned time before nightfall.