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January 21, 2003
Mt. Morrison
Bruce and I had agreed a couple days ago that we would go rock climbing at the Alabama Hills (outside of Loan Pine). This morning at 7am, Bruce called to cancel, saying his arms were to burnt from bouldering the day before. So obviously, I went back to sleep. He then called like 7 times trying to get me to answer, but I was sleeping. At 8am he finally got a hold of me and told me he wanted to climb Mt Morrison. I protested that I was doing well sleeping, but I knew he wouldn't drop it. So thats what we did. Morrison is around 12,500'. You start at around 7500', so its about a 5000' vertical gain. It was snow the whole way, though much of the snow had consolidated. We decided to leave our snow shoes in the car and deal with the consequences. In the end, we didn't need them, though it was deep in some places. We left the trailhead at 10:15 and arrived on the summit at 3:30. There, we were treated with a beautiful view of a large segment of the Sierras. We stayed on the top for a half an hour and walked back, arriving at the car at 6:45, 8 1/2 hours after we left, which was good timing. I wasn't sure how in shape I was, but was happy to summit with some energy left.With each of these excursions I learn more and become more comfortable in that environment. I'll need a lot more of those experiences before I'm ready for Denali. With Bruce as a partner, I'm sure I don't need to worry.
Posted by wonko at January 21, 2003 05:03 AM
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