A few clouds tumbled across the Rocky Mountains. Jack started me out on an easy boulder just outside of town. He pointed out small handholds and footholds in the craggy rocks. Than Jack scrambled up the boulder following a path. At the top,Jack stuck a quickdraw into a tiny fissure in the rock. He laced the loop through a carabiner.
Once below, Jack showed me how to tie a beley rope aroud my waist. Then holding the other end of rope around his waist,Jack instructed me,