Again, as the last few days had gone, the raging stove heating up our water woke me from my slumber. I looked at my watch and it said 5:30 AM. I thought we were to wake at 6:30 and for a few minutes I was rather confused. Since I had already packed almost all my [...]
Like the morning before, I heard the stove start up. A quick look at my watch said 3:30 AM. I couldn’t believe that I was actually going to be climbing soon. I pulled on my recommended clothing, a fresh set of socks, my boots and headed out of the tent. It already was starting to [...]
I heard the stove start up about 7 AM. Dale “let us sleep in a bit” before we started another day. The previous day’s weather was cloudy but today’s weather was really dreary. It rained off and on all day and I was thankful that my gear had Gore-Tex and Omi-Tech (an gore-tex-like Columbia product) [...]
The wake-up call came too early. Way too early. I had just shut my eyes from the last night when the phone rang, announcing it was 5 AM. It was going to be a very long day for me, so I took a quick shower and headed downstairs with all my gear to check out [...]
Today after so long in the planning, my trip has officially started. My brother drove me from his apartment in Minnetonka, MN up to the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport. My flight on Sun Country Airlines was supposed to take off around 9:00 AM, but we ended up taxing behind six or seven other planes for [...]
