watching

we called in to watch a man watch the climbers watch their step on el capitan. he had climbed it himself five times but judging by the pictures he had of himself – that was some time ago. now he photographed others all summer……..every summer! It takes a team five days to get up….. solo nearer nine. we watched the watching for a while in amazement. The man watching the watching said exactly the same thing to every tourist who stopped by to watch him….but he wasn’t a bad sort……he just had nothing better to do

– vonovitch