Samantha unzipped the windbreaker she'd been wearing because despite the chill, the climb had warmed her to the point that even that layer was causing her to sweat a little more than was delicate. Who was she kidding, she was practically dripping it from her skin, but it was a good feeling. A sign that she'd worked hard, especially as her breathing wasn't as labored as she'd expected, so she knew she'd kept right at her limit.

"I don't think I've ever seen anything this beautiful outside of a picture on my computer from vacations my coworkers took," she told him, drinking deep from the bottle in her hand. "Worth every second of that climb."

She turned back to him. "How did you find this place?"