Getting ready at the base of the climb.
Pete flew in from China for the holidays, so on the day after Thanksgiving (Friday), Pete,
Paula, Brad and I climbed The Hand. This is an easy, but very exposed and therefore scary,
classic climb out by Lost Dutchman State Park at the base of the Superstition Mountains.
It was a warm sunny day - at the bottom of the climb. But at the top it was very windy and
brrr... cold! I was the only one that didn't wish they had more clothes on. We had to wait
for "between blows" before we could hear commands shouted from our belay partners - we should
have taken small radios on the climb.
Both Pete and I carried cameras on the climb. This website contains pictures that both Pete
and I took.
As a note... I am very disapointed at the quality of my pictures. The photo store did not
develop them onto a CD as I had requested. So I went back later and had them put them onto
a Picture Disk, which was the only available option at that point. The quality is greatly
decreased because of this - bummer!!
Getting ready at the base of the climb.
The climb.
Top of the climb and rappelling off.