K42

Today is Kate's 42nd Birthday! I'm trying to honor my family's privacy (see this entry) so I won't go into more details on that. But I had to explain the "K42" title.

K42 is the name I gave the beautiful Ponderosa pine I climbed today. We found it on a small trailhead about 20 minutes drive from Sunriver. It took over an hour to set the rope, and then I climbed for about an hour and a half, making only one additional pitch. It was getting late into the afternoon at that point, so I stopped about half way up.

I won't say any more except it was a beautiful day to climb, and an absolutely beautiful (looks AND smell, the sap has this wonderful vanilla scent) tree.