Blondie on the approach hike to the Cirque Of The Towers in September of 2005.

Shirley and Blondie taking a water break on our approach to the Cirque (Sept. 2005).

Shirley and Blondie on our approach hike to Pingora (poking through on left)...this is near Jackass Pass (Sept. 2005).

Blondie - tired & sick with altitude on approach to The Cirque (Sept. 2005).

Shirley and Blondie in camp enjoying spicy peas. Wyoming's Cirque Of The Towers in Wind River Range, September 2005.

Blondie too tired from the approach hike to get up and eat her dinner...Cirque Of The Towers, the evening before our climb of Pingora's Northeast Face route (Sept. 2005).

Shirley and Blondie hiking in to the start of Northeast Face route. Morning of our climb. Labor Day Weekend 2005.

Northeast Face of Pingora as seen from near the base of the route (Sept. 2005).

Starting up pitch 1 of Pingora's Northeast Face route (Sept. 2005).

Daddy near the top of pitch 1 of Northeast Face (Sept. 2005).

Leading pitch 1 (I think) of Northeast Face of Pingora (Sept. 2005).

Shirley following pitch 1 (I think) of Northeast Face (Sept. 2005).

Leading pitch 2 of Northeast Face (Sept. 2005).

Leading pitch 2 of Northeast Face...there's a party ahead of us (Sept. 2005).

Shirley following pitch 2 of Northeast Face route (Sept. 2005).

Shirley following pitch 2 (I think) of Northeast Face (Sept. 2005).

Starting the lead of pitch 3 of Northeast Face on Pingora. Typical morning weather - bright sun and blue skies.......doesn't last (Sept. 4, 2005).

Starting the 3rd (?) pitch of Northeast Face route on Pingora (Sept. 4, 2005).

Leading pitch 3 of the Northeast Face (Sept. 2005).

Shirley following pitch 4 or 5 of the Northeast Face (Sept. 2005).

Shirley topping out on pitch 5 (?) of Northeast Face route. The lower half of route all sort of blends in together as most pitches feel very similar to each other (low angle dihedrals; Sept. 4, 2005).

Leading pitch 6/7 per topo of Northeast Face route on Pingora. Climber above me is pulling through the 5.8 wide groove crux of the route. The 5.9 variation goes up the crack on the right thru. patches of grass (August 4, 2005).

Shirley following pitch 7 of Northeast Face (Sept. 2005).

Shirley topping out on pitch 7 of Northeast Face (Sept. 2005).

Shirley at the belay atop pitch 8 on Northeast Face of Pingora (Sept. 2005).

Leading pitch 9 (5.8) of Northeast Face route on Pingora (Sept. 4, 2005).

Shirley topping out on pitch 9 of Northeast Face. This is at the mouth of a short (~20-foot) flaring chimney that starts off pitch 10 (Sept. 4, 2005).

Shirley topping out on the Northeast Face route just below the summit of Pingora. Mitchell Peak is in the background. Evil-looking clouds were building around us all afternoon but we never really saw much precip (Sept. 5, 2005

Shirley near the summit of Pingora. Think this is the top of Northeast Face route (Sept. 2005).

Mitchell Peak from just below the summit of Pingora (Sept. 2005).

Just below the summit of Pingora after our climb of the Northeast Face route (Sept. 2005).

Yours truly on the summit of Pingora after climbing the Northeast Face route (Sept. 2005).

Wolfs Head as seen from the summit of Pingora...the classic East Ridge follows the ridge seen head on (Sept. 4, 2005).

Shirley hiking back towards camp after our climb of Pingora's Northeast Face route. The Plume (at the foot of Warbonnet Peak) is visible in the background (Sept. 2005).

Shirley and Blondie hiking out of The Cirque abvove Arrowhead Lake (Sept. 2005).

Shirley hiking out of the Cirque Of The Towers via Jackass Pass. Arrowhead lake is on the right. Warbonnet is out of photo on left. Summit of Pingora is in the background (Septempber 5, 2005).

Shirley and Blondie hiking out after our climb of Pingora (Sept. 2005).