Yosemite – April 2008 – 2nd year anniversary

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Kim and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary this weekend with a lovely weekend in Yosemite. Saturday morning we got up early, and drove there in time to get in a climb.

Kim is a super strong climber, but is still pretty new to traditional lead climbing. On Saturday she did her first long multipitch where she led everything, and she did an awesome, awesome job. I was very proud of her.

We stayed in Camp Curry, which was interesting, then rose and had an awesome brunch at the famous Awahnee hotel. After that we played tourist in the Valley, then went hiking in the snow. Kim wanted to see Redwoods, so that’s what we did. It was a nice hike and a good time.

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