August 2002
Day 6: Tuesday, August 20
| Leader |
Navigators |
Cooks |
Hydrologists |
Architect |
Naturalist/Sweep |
Medic |
| Wen |
Jimmy Elena |
Matt Kelly |
Zoey Mark |
Jody |
Mac |
Jenn |
Highlights:
Wake up at 4:30 to find we are in the middle of a cloud. Back to sleep. The clouds still haven't lifted by 8:00 and we decide to abandon the peak attempt on Copper. Instead, we have a relatively laid-back morning with knot lessons: follow-through figure-8, figure-8 on a bite, double fisherman, prussic hitch, munter hitch, clove hitch, bowline, girth hitch. Autobiography from Elena over lunch, then pack up camp. After some navigational debate, we head over Copper Chute. Our first experience on talus and scree is intense but Matt and Jeff get us through safely. It begins to rain as we descend the other side. The site where we camp is fairly uneven so we each put up solo tarps, with an eye on the weather. We have plenty of time for hanging out, watching the moon rise and trying to keep warm. Matt gives a naturalist lesson about mountain goats, Wen tells us about marmots and Jenn reads about hypothermia. We briefly discuss the plan for the next day (crossing over the ridge below the Finger to camp at the Grandstand) before heading to bed.
Wake up at 4:30 to find we are in the middle of a cloud. Back to sleep. The clouds still haven't lifted by 8:00 and we decide to abandon the peak attempt on Copper. Instead, we have a relatively laid-back morning with knot lessons: follow-through figure-8, figure-8 on a bite, double fisherman, prussic hitch, munter hitch, clove hitch, bowline, girth hitch. Autobiography from Elena over lunch, then pack up camp. After some navigational debate, we head over Copper Chute. Our first experience on talus and scree is intense but Matt and Jeff get us through safely. It begins to rain as we descend the other side. The site where we camp is fairly uneven so we each put up solo tarps, with an eye on the weather. We have plenty of time for hanging out, watching the moon rise and trying to keep warm. Matt gives a naturalist lesson about mountain goats, Wen tells us about marmots and Jenn reads about hypothermia. We briefly discuss the plan for the next day (crossing over the ridge below the Finger to camp at the Grandstand) before heading to bed.