For quite a while I've wanted to take a picture of Pretty Cool Boulder (PCB), and now I have. Pretty Cool Boulder appears on the new, expanded version of the Diamond Bay map that will be used for this year's Rocky Mountain Goat. And, yes, it is pretty cool.
Here is what it looks like:
You might wonder how it remains in that impossibly precarious perch. I wondered that, too, and I have an engineering background.
When I scrambled up to take a look what I found was the *only* things holding it in place were some strategically arranged spider threads and tiny amounts of swallow spit (swallow = the bird.) It's quite amazing to witness the spiders and swallows of the Laramie Range working together in such a fine spirit of cooperation. They are a model the antagonistic parties in Congress could study and learn from.
And if you don't believe me, you can visit Pretty Cool Boulder and see for yourself.