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my camera battery died at the start of the third dive, so dives 3-6 remained unphotographed

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dive two at Punta Perdiz

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our first dive at Punta Perdiz

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There was an eight minute window yesterday when the Moon rolled off El Capitan onto Half Dome.

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a quick off-trail day hike in Yosemite, aiming for Devil's Dance Floor from the 120

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Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, and other street art

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for some reason people loved to film on the streets of Habana

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revolutionary songs and son montuno and salsa

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deviating slightly off-street

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some more streets scenes from La Habana:

mounds of garbage

makeshift pulleys for moving cement bags

colorful building facades

public wifi hotspots

la policía

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we took packed guaguas and walked past a zoo on the way to the viazul

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¡Cuba!

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a curiously empty airplane. ¿adónde vamos?

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a glimpse into BAMRU incident command (from a search management and advanced search strategy training held today)

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Sport climbs on Wake-Up Wall:

The Big Short (Sport lead 5.9-)

Skid Mark (Sport lead 5.9+)

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We went back the next day and finished the previous day's route!

Cat in the Hat (Trad lead 5.6, 6 pitches)

I led pitches 1-2 (linked) and the pitch 5 traverse, but otherwise daiyi led all the beautiful cracks! Note on beta: a single 60m is not enough for one ~43m rap, although it can be downclimbed (or downled, as I did). Also beware slow rappel parties.

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Another amazing Red Rocks route that we had to bail from!

Dark Shadows (Trad lead 5.8; pitches 1-2)

I linked the first two pitches but accidentally overcammed a 0.75 C4 near the top. I did some sketchy down-ascending to free it when my partner couldn't get it out, and that ate up all our planned time before nightfall.