17. Fly to Cincinnati, and give a slide show for a Fortune 100 company; meet the head of security for one of the buildings I soloed; jog two miles (okay, run from police for two miles); workout in hotel gym.

18. Spend 12 hours traveling for what should have been six; get home, and find out my math skills still suck; get drunk.

19. Finally drive the Prius for the first time; drive to Tahquitz with Wes, and solo two miles up to 5.11.

20. Pack; solo 50 laps at Malibu, and repeat two 5.13s as well as some highball boulder problems; celebrate Nikki’s last day of school with gift and dinner for great grades; go buildering with Damo and his crew again, only this time we outwit the security, and get some of the best photos of our lives.

21. Leave for Ireland.