(146K)	Another mountaineering start--we woke at some ungodly hour and started. I pretended not to hear the alarm go off but Rudy wasn't fooled...	(325K)	A ridge we had to get over during the approach. If you look closely you can barely see Rudy near the bottom of the picture. It really wasn't that hard, as it dips a little to the left of the picture.
(194K)	The view over the ridge. Off, far in the distance is Tuolumne meadows.	(194K)	Making the long walk towards Conness.
(288K)	The Southwest ridge of Mount Conness--a fairly hefty climb (Grade V, 5.10c) but something to aspire to. It was pretty cold here with the wind whipping by the face. On the way down to the face we saw some clear ice coating the rock.	(160K)	Rudy follows one of the early pitches (rope lengths) of the climb. Even though the wind is blowing hard the climbing is easy and the rock was great.
(195K)	Rudy leading midway up the route.	(249K)	Rudy at a belay near the top.
(135K)	Rudy and me on top. Dig my hip looking hairstyle.	(123K)	The only thing left was the long way back to the car. It may only be my imagination but it always seems longer going back that it does on the way in...
(195K)	In what is turning into a tradition we stop off in the Buttermilk Country to bolder after the climb.

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