



Most couples begin their marriage hoping their relationship will never be on the rocks.



For Bob Ewing and Antonie Hodge Ewing, a rocky future is alright with them.

The Arlington, Va.-based newlyweds are avid rock climbers who took their passion for the sport to new heights this month when they scaled their favorite mountain dressed in full wedding regalia to say, "I do."

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Bob Ewing, 32, was introduced to both his loves, Antonie and rock climbing, through his job as a director of communications for a public interest law firm in Washington, D.C. He was introduced to the sport by a co-worker and introduced to his future wife three years ago by summer law clerks who were rooming with his now-bride, 30, a network relations marketing coordinator for the Institute for Humane Studies.

In March, the athletic pair - Antonie Hodge Ewing attended college on a partial athletic scholarship as a cross-country runner - traveled to Seneca Rocks, W.Va., to climb their favorite route, Ecstasy, which Bob Ewing called, "aptly named."

It was there that he popped the question. She said, "yes," and then added, "I want to get married at the top of the mountain."

"And I said, 'Absolutely,'" Bob Ewing told Goodmorningamerica.com.

On Aug. 10, the couple's dream came true when they returned to Seneca Rocks and made the 900-foot climb to the South Peak summit, where they said their marriage vows, he in his tux and she in her dress

"It was substantially harder for her to climb with a wedding dress than for me with a tuxedo," he said, adding that he has a history of doing unconventional things in a tuxedo, such as running several marathons barefoot in a tux for charities.

"She had a big, poofy wedding dress that was not ideal," he said. "It's just so poofy and goofy, but she did fine."

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