One day, the crew offered to to show any willing passengers how to climb the rigging of the Royal Clipper. Of course, Jenny accepted! And here is the evidence.
Apparently the only fearful part was moving from one rope ladder to the next forty or so feet up from the deck in a rolling Atlantic ocean.
Martin valiantly stood taking photos from the deck thinking "never in a million years!"
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| getting instructions |
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| first step for Jenny-kind |
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keeping focussed while both ropes and ship
moved in opposite directions |
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| don't look down! |
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| getting to the tricky bit |
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moving across to another ladder means taking hands off the ropes, yikes!
Good thing she was clipped on |
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| made it! |
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| feeling proud and not thinking about having to go back down |
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| Martin down below grateful not to be up here |
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| wonderful view |
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coming down was harder as the ship
hit some deep swells just at this point |
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| almost back to not-so-steady deck |
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| posing with my Canadian climbing mate |
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| our climbing group |
It felt like such an achievement until we saw the crew taking in the sails, standing on a thin rope, and along the yards right to the yard arm over the ocean itself.
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