It isn’t easy being a spontaneous family. We were exploring around Marble last Sunday when we decided to climb this cliff. The youngest one in this picture said “Hey, if you stand on her shoulders, then I can stand on yours, and we will probably be able to make it to the top.”

I was dubious, as a father should be, but it sounded good to me.

The barn boots on the one on the bottom weren’t the best item for climbing mountains in, but she seemed to do ok.The middle person hooked his nose onto a ledge (called in climbing lingo a “nose smear”) for added traction and holding power.

The little guy in red scrambled up like a monkey and summited with no problem.

Before you go calling the child welfare department, you should know that for this particular photo, I tilted the camera.