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Doug, Liz, Mark and I camp and climb at the Monastery - a beautiful grove of granite spires in the foothills outside of Rocky Mountain.

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Doug and Liz's tent in the early morning

Thermarest pillows are holding up better

View from our tent when the sun breaks the clouds

Our camp in the morning

A very nice place to pitch a tent - and free!

Clouds on the plains wash up on the mountains

A lifting cloud deck enshrouds the foothills

Liz following on Going to the Chaple (5.8)

Doug and Liz climbing at the Monastary

Liz climbing, carefully, to Doug's belay

Doug and Liz climbing the granite spires

Mark sits at the belay on top of Going to the Chapel (5.8)

Kate and Mark climbing at the Monastary

Kate following the 5.8 pebble-pinching climb

Kate approaches the last bolt - Mark ran it out from here.

Kate scrambles up to the belay

We finished the climb!

Liz climbing the thin crux moves of Simplexity (5.9+)

Liz climbing the thin, delicate 5.9+

Doug setting up his rappel off the Steeple (5.8)

Doug is proud of his climb

Doug on rappel

Sunset over Long's Peak and Mt Meeker

Sunset over Rocky Mountain Nat Park

Sunset over the Rockies

Orange, firey clouds in the trees

Hanging out around the campfire on Sat night.

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