Not to be rushed, we take some time here out in the open to look around.
Looking back from the point where I took the previous picture, we can see the valley below with the tops of the mountains at just below eye-level.
A daunting prospect. At this time, however, the energy from the PowerBar began to take effect and negotiating the more than two dozen switchbacked stairs to the top of this rock wasn't *too* strenuous.