My cousin used to rock climb until he took a bad fall. He is no longer living, but I still remember my Aunt's reaction to the news. I have admired mountain and rock climbers for most of my life. In fact, I have two posters of Everest on one wall and a map of Antarctica on another in my computer room, so I like and admire adventurers. But this - going almost straight up - is absolutely frightening to me. Of course, I'm used to sandstone, so not very sturdy and prone to falling apart under your hands (or your feet if you are standing too close to the edge on a mesa top). I'm sure, since this is volcanic in origin, that this is much sturdier in nature.

- Erulisse (one L)