This morning, the National Park Service announced that the rappelling inspection of the Washington Monument had been completed. The team of engineers from WJE, who had been sneaking out a trap door at the top of the structure and getting occasionally blown off the side, will now move to the National Cathedral to inspect damage there.

“We are really pleased that WJE was able to accomplish all our planned goals for this phase of the operation, despite weather that didn’t always cooperate,” said Bob Vogel, superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks in a prepared statement. “This brings us one step closer to making this wonderful Monument open to the public once again.”

While the Cathedral will reopen to the public on November 12, there’s still no timetable for the Monument’s reopening. NPS has to produce a report on the inspector’s findings, then bid out any repair work that is needed.

You can check out some more amazing photographs of the inspection at the Park Service’s website.