C2 means hooks,
manmade divots in the granite.
A three-pronged talon of iron,
Claws the exposed face
If the technique is called bat hooking,
I wonder if bats have feet similar to raptors.
These hidden holes, lost in shadows
that play as my neck cranes
back and forth to examine the
pitted surface to the rock.
As I step up on the aiders
attached to the hook I imagine small bats
hanging upside down, claws curved into
invisible holes only they can see.
When the tips of the hook skates a bit,
I imagine that I make a sound
similar to the high pitched squeal
of those same bats when they are
disturbed by a hand or piece of gear
invading their daytime crack bivy.
*image credit to Andy Kirkpatrick
