El Cap Rattlesnake

I found this little guy nosing around my climbing gear at the base of El Cap as I was preparing to solo The Shortest Straw.

As I was removing him to a safer place, I came upon Natec, who was schlepping a load up for me.

"He's carrying a RATTLESNAKE!" I heard him scream from nearly a hundred metres away. "Don't come any closer!"

Sheesh. It's just a snake.

You can click here if you want to see me holding another 'snattlerake'.