Friends, Family & Loved Ones,
What a difference a day makes! The blue sky! The panoramic views! No wind! Couldn’t be better.
We spent this morning practicing our self arrest skills– basically hurling ourselves down a steep snow slope and then using good technique to stop our fall. Fun, but wet. Most importantly, we now feel confident in our skills.
In the afternoon, we practiced clipping in and out of a fixed line to prepare for the upper mountain.
For extra credit, and in building clouds, we had an afternoon seminar on pulley systems for crevasse rescue.
The important news: as nice as the weather was for most of today, we got a not so great weather forecast for early morning, so we have decided to use our spare weather day and start our summit attempt on the wee hours of Monday morning.
Check back with us tomorrow for a rundown of our further adventures,
Carole & Vern Tejas
