Mt. McKinley (2008) - Day 08
Stuck at Camp 2
I'm awake but very much still inside my sleeping bag. It sounds like its a nice day - I mean, the tent isn't blowing in the wind or anything. If its still crappy out, I'd prefer to just not get out of my sleeping bag just yet. But, we don't have a choice - breakfast is on.
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Not a nice day. Visibility is slightly improved but its just as windy and snowy. I'm betting that we sit here another day. Bah.
Breakfast is some granola-and-raisin cereal and a cereal bar thing. I decided to skip the powdered milk. My pringles are running at about one-third; the end must be near.
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So we're all just hanging out in the tents because being outside sucks. It's mid-day and some people just started moving into our little camp. Mike actually heard their rope dragging across his tent. We have twelve people, four tents, a cook tent and a crapper all in a nice little area, sectioned off with wands and set apart from the surrounding camps - so its a bit odd to see someone else try to move in. Mike got out of his tent to see what was going on. They explained that our camp looked all probed (for crevasses) and Mike said, "well, yeah, because we probed it." And then, "you know, the glacier goes on for miles...." They got the picture and moved on down a little ways.
Back to napping for a while.
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We're having burritos made with fresh chopped onions and peppers for dinner. Mmm. The weather still sucks.
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The weather really started getting worse during dinner. Brian asked if there was a top-end to how long storms could last. How does one answer a question like that? Mike didn't even try.
These little birds are sneaking under the tent flys at night and sometimes even into the tents. I don't understand how they survive at all.
I'm going to put my boot liners down at the bottom of my sleeping bag and see if that helps keep my feet any warmer when I put on my boots in the morning.
