Half Dome and the Sentinel, Dean Potter and "Crazy Tim" O'Neill arrived to start the final adventure. Being the strongest and fastest climber we know, Dean was elected team mule. Timmy had led the last paraplegic climb I'd participated in, climbing Castleton Tower in Moab with his brother, Sean. Perhaps because he himself seems to have the energy of 10 people and to live under some magical force field, through sheer strength of personality, Timmy can basically get anyone to do anything.
Spotted by Timmy, Dean had carried Beth to the base of the Zodiac in a Kelty backpack with some constantly revised straps to hold her comfortably and holes cut out for her legs. Now Dean and Timmy arrived at the top of El Cap with the Kelty and a plush breakfast of fresh-squeezed orange juice, yogurt, cinnamon rolls, chocolate, and a whole melon.
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