Mt. McKinley (2008) - Day 18

Stuck at Camp 4 I slept better last night than I have in a week. That's not to say that I slept well - just better than normal. I woke up at 10am with a powerful need to pee, and since the sun was up, I put on

Mt. McKinley (2008) - Day 17

Stuck at Camp 4 It takes twelve hours to get eight hours of sleep at night. At least I think I'm sleeping. I'm not overly tired in the morning, so I must be sleeping. It sucks having to rationalize whether you're in fact sleeping

Mt. McKinley (2008) - Day 16

Rest, Eat & Hydrate @ Camp 4 Last night Mike said that we'd be sleeping in tomorrow and that breakfast would be bacon and eggs. Breakfast (even these freeze dried scrambled eggs) did not disappoint. And those five strips of bacon each was also quite nice. This almost makes

Mt. McKinley (2008) - Day 15

Carry up Head Wall Sleep? Not really. I'm gross and I just can't get comfortable at night. Still, I must be sleeping because I'm not really tired, although I was not happy to hear Mike's wake-up call this morning - which was

Mt. McKinley (2008) - Day 14

Back-Carry from Windy Corner I didn't sleep so well last night and most everyone else reported the same thing. It took a while to get warm and then I just couldn't get comfortable. Lots of ice was forming in the tent and falling on the sleeping

Mt. McKinley (2008) - Day 13

Camp 3 to Camp 4 Mike promised a post-sunrise wake-up, but the sun definitely hadn't reached above the ridge yet. It was chilly. I guess you'd think that should be expected, since we're camping on a giant piece of ice, surrounded by snow. Whatever.

Mt. McKinley (2008) - Day 12

Carry to Windy Corner Breakfast was blueberries and poptarts. A rather light breakfast. It drifted quite a bit last night so we're sort of taking our time getting ready this morning - with the hope that some other group will break trail for us. We're loading

Mt. McKinley (2008) - Day 11

Stuck at Camp 3 The plan for today was to haul a bunch of stuff up past Windy Corner (called a "carry"), but, as usual, the weather sucks. In lieu of anything more entertaining to do, and since the weather is getting bad, we're going to

Mt. McKinley (2008) - Day 10

Camp 2 to Camp 3 The weather doesn't suck any more! We're pushing on. Breakfast this morning is more of that granola cereal and granola bars. Uggh. We're going to break down camp and head on up to 11k camp. -- Death becomes me.

Mt. McKinley (2008) - Day 09

Stuck at Camp 2 It snowed a lot last night - or maybe the wind just blew snow on us from elsewhere. Breakfast this morning is scrambled eggs (rehydrated, of course), which really aren't very good, but we also brought along some bacon. Everyone got five strips. Bacon