Thursday, June 3rd, 2010.
Yesterday we left Wrightwood, a trail angel named Mary gave us a ride up to the trailhead. I guess she's a trail angel legend there for the past 30 years. We climbed halfway up Mt. Baden-Powell, found a nice spot amid the snowdrifts, we had an amazing view of the Mojave to the East. The snowdrifts were great for chilling the Microbrews we picked up in town before we left. That's a trick I picked up in Washington.
That's where the fun ended. Soon after we started the summit climb this morning, the trail became lost under the snow. We made the decision to head straight up the mountain, it took a while but we did reach the snowless peak. There's a monument to Baden-Powell at the top. I didn't tell Brandon, but it was moving for me. It is somewhat of a boy scout mecca.
The snow coming down was even worse. Neither of us has boots or ice axes. After puncturing through snow drifts (postholing) a few times we were soaked up to the knee. It took six hours to cover 4 miles. We made it through and now we are camping near a natural spring right next to our first Giant Sequoia. Awesome. We earned some stripes today. The Adventure continues...
-Caleb
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Keep on keeping on it has to be a blast. Eat like pigs and then walk it off. Ha
ReplyDeleteCaleb was moved by Baden Powell? Is there some emotional trama that boy scouts go to? Caleb told me that I couldn't be an Eagle Scout because I didn't finish my project before I was 18. If he can keep a secret, I was never a Cub Scout either - Brandon
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