Start of the 2nd pitch. Dead vertical, the crack size and effort required, aptly correspond to its namesake...Crescendo! (Those familiar with written music will know what this means!) A great route, sustained crux, in a beautiful location! Photo by Mike Adams.

This is the final acsent of the Via Ferrata. The gang is all clipped in and hanging, doing the "Look Ma, no hands!"

This is the start of the Via Ferrata. Buddy giving me the wave.

Juston on Mellow Mel. little bit of wine, little more wine !

Pete and friend just having a good day on the rock Mellow Mel > local wine <

Walking across this bridge was the scariest thing I've ever done - this is the bridge of your nightmares. The rungs were far enough apart that you had to look down to see where to put your feet but you didn't want to look through to see how high up you were!

Friends on the cables. Great fun if your in WV or near Seneca Rocks. Highly recommended for beginning climbers.

Friends on the cables. Great fun if your in WV or near Seneca Rocks. Highly recommended for beginning climbers.

Friends on the cables. Great fun if your in WV or near Seneca Rocks. Highly recommended for beginning climbers.

Friends on the cables. Great fun if your in WV or near Seneca Rocks. Highly recommended for beginning climbers.

Friends on the cables. Great fun if your in WV or near Seneca Rocks. Highly recommended for beginning climbers.

Friends on the cables. Great fun if your in WV or near Seneca Rocks. Highly recommended for beginning climbers.

What happens at Nelsons, Stays at Nelsons. Now... Let's get'er done~

After following the Via Ferrata to the top of of the east fin with my daughter and following it north, we were greeted with this view. The mist and rain were moving down the valley so we quickly decended before things became too slippery and the thunder and lightning began.

Taken at the top of the northern part of the East fin looking out across the corridor past the western fin.

Looking down from the summit at someone crossing the bridge.

The East Fin of Nelson Rocks as seen from the V-notch on the West Fin. The bridge is up and to the left but not in frame.

Another view of the East Fin from the V-notch in the West Fin.

Jody coming around the exposed corner of the V-notch on the West Fin.

Jody (far), Mackenzie and Robin (back to camera) atop the Via Ferrata.

Mackenzie crossing the bridge far ahead of us. Rachel following closely on my heels.

My 8 year old daughter, Rachel, and my 10 year old son, Mackenzie, behind me at the start of the Via Ferrata. Rachel is the second youngest to ever complete the Via Ferrata.

Just about to throw up the left leg to a good foot hold. The holds are kind of slim at this point. Make sure you get your right hand on the good hold over the roof. Everything leading up to this is casual 5.7.

Enjoying the lower part of One World. The obvious glue-in bolts give this route away. Its the easiest one to identify on this wall. Everything should be relative to this one.

This is the crux move on Piton Crack a supposedly 5.8. I think that its more like a 5.10b and runout at that. Good pro just below me but that's it for a while. The top out is spectacularly loose. You are on top of a foot thick fin 200' in the air! Oh and by the way, there is no piton! Photo of Jack Beatty by Bill Hieronymus