Day 3: Rushmore and Keystone

After a leisurely breakfast of fried potatoes and eggs, we walked back over to the South Seas climbing area right next to Wrinkled Rock. Our fingers were acclimating to the crystalline crimps, only a little beaten up from the day before, so we tried a harder route that demanded a lot of trust in our feet on friction slab. We also climbed one of the area classics, Waves, which brought us to the same summit as the end of the day before (but with much more comfortable climbing). That gave us another opportunity to practice our safety systems for multipitch rappelling. Alas, we did not bring our phones up, so enjoy this pic of Cassie leading up a funky chimney thing:

Having climbed enough for the day, we drove back into Keystone for a glass of wine each and a cup of grapefruit gelato to share (it was fantastic). We sat and sipped while our various devices charged, Glenn got through some work, and Cassie looked up health insurance information. Eventually, we went back to camp to cook a surprisingly fancy meal of pumpkin and sage pasta (with plenty of Parmesan cheese, of course). We enjoyed the stars under clear skies, each other's company, and a few Oreos for dessert - but it was early to bed for us, since we had an early start the next morning for a guided day of climbing at Custer State Park!