Nice subtle godwin, btw. 😛
I actually had to look that up, so it was quite unintentional.
hope you don’t mind my sharing outside the group.
Not at all. It actually makes me feel a little good/proud/whatever that someone would want to share one of my thoughts.
Congrats orionid.
Thanks, all. I was actually a bit worried there at the end. I was stuck on duty watching the late-night saturday voters fall into Elsinore‘s boobies trap going “End the contest! End the contest!” We were tied at 32 when I finally went to bed at 2-ish.
I guess now I can also admit that that was the photo that made me suggest the theme. Right after I took it, I thought “I really like that. I need to suggest a theme that I can use it in, or else I’ll never get an opportunity to post it.” Then about 2/3 of the way up (right where it gets really steep), it hit me.
view from the top
The same crater head as seen from a nearby beach The left edge is pretty much the profile of the climbing slope.
This angle shows why the “shallower sloped” eastern edge is not the preferred climb. The edge of the crater rim is between 8 and 12 inches the whole way, minus a few areas where it drops to two or three.
/Gets off the “I could talk about Hawaii all day” soapbox.
