Lions Head

We had a huge adventure today!!! This was our first day of rock climbing. However...the weather was horrible. It was windy, rainy, and really miserable. We made arrangements to climb with Rachel Colesno. We met her at the base of table mountain. The weather was really bad, and table mountain was covered in clouds. We decided instead to climb up Lions head, which was a bit more reasonable...it was really just a hike, but it was really nice. The rain slowed a bit, but the wind was really bad.

This picture below is Sam and I on the top of Lions head. From here, we can see the 12 Apostles and the ocean to the south, and Capetown to the north. The clouds and wind were whipping by really quickly.

So Rachel, who was our guide, is a very experienced and accomplished mountaineer and climber. She has climbed up the face of half dome in Yosemite. It only took her and her husband 2 days to do it! Yikes! They slept on rock shelves during the evening!

During a surprise snowstorm on the European alps, she and her then husband to be stayed alive in a little bivy shelter. Since it was windy on Lionshead, she pulled it out and introduced us to it...it was much more comfortable than being out in the wind!!