This is a well known picture of Alex Honnold free-soloing the route. Free-soloing means he is climbing without a rope. He has a chalk bag on a belt, but no harness or rope. There is a documentary that features this called “Free Solo”, if you could imagine. It’s worth a watch if you don’t have anything pressing going on.

No creepy and/or murdery reason your date is digging around in his trunk after you’re in the car…

Oooohhhh… no. It was in the flight path for O’hare and very… not nice. Also, I’m from the south and know nothing of building techniques in cold climates. It wasn’t expensive, but didn’t feel unsafe.

I had heated floors in a Chicago apartment. I would lay tomorrow’s clothes on the floor at night and they were toasty warm when I put them on in the morning. Then, I’d put my blanket on the floor when I left for work and it would be nice and warm when I was ready to jump into bed at night.