Stoopid Americanos (pt1)

Report: July 30. 2006
Stoopid Americanos (pt1)

I’ll explain the stupid Americans thing later…
Had a tough time sleeping last night, although I did fall asleep early. About 8am. So, from 3am on, I tossed and turned and tried to make the urge to pee go away. We had breakfast at 8am, and by 9 we were on the trail. Today, our goal was the Pastalov Rocks at about 15000ft. The weather was cleat and sunny. At times, a bit hot for me. Because of the intense sun and the snow reflection, we had to make sure every bit of skin was covered. We hiked for about 5 hours, and once we reached the rocks, we had some lessons on self arrest. We practiced sliding down our backs, foot forward, on our stomachs, head forward, and on our back, head first, using our ice axe to stop ourselves.

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