So this is where I was on Thursday afternoon . . .

I was at a meeting of liberal arts college library directors at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, and we really did have a meeting with business and agendas and all, but first we got a tour from a geologist of this awesome rock formation just outside of town. People who arrived early also got to go to the top of Pike’s Peak which sticks up right there, visible from anywhere in town. Amazing. I hope this doesn’t make our Coloradans feel too homesick.
I would never have enough courage to do this, though . . .

There were quite a few rock climbers. Apparently they are often climging up and rappelling down these steep rocks, but they have to get a permit and can’t poke new pitons into the rocks.