Saturday, June 20, 2009

Spanked!

A tough approach - 160 minutes, 2000', and 35 pound packs - followed
by a miserable bivy. The boys arrived at the 10,000' bivy site in
shorts and T-shirts, slightly hypothermic, only to be greeted by low
temps and a howling wind. The wind gusted at 30-50 mph all night and
there was no sleep to be had. (Of course bivy sacks were left in the
car, along with parkas in the interest of weight.) Shortly after this
picture was taken one Fossil was heard to exclaim, "I have a balaclava
and hat, mittens, and five layers on my upper body and I am still
freezing." (As always click on the image to enlarge the photograph.)