Archive for July 24th, 2008

After Work Climbing

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

One of the best things about living in Seattle is it’s proximity to some fantastic outdoors.  We have all of the benefits of a big city (except for decent mass transit) with the wilds of the countryside just a short drive away.  In that spirit Eric and I drove out to exit 38 after work to do a little rock climbing.

It has been quite a while since I’ve done any climbing so I was, shall I say, rusty.  It was great fun anyway.  We hiked up the Mt. Washington trail to the Peannacle wall.  The views are phenomenal.  It’s worth the hike just for the views.  We saw a fantastic sunset and then hiked out in the dark.  Unfortunately I didn’t have a camera with me to capture the way that the sunset cast its beautiful hue on the rock.  I guess I’ll have to go back.