Sunday, January 18

Sunny but cold this morning. All the 5-gal water jugs are at least partially frozen. We brought 2 into the tent, it will warm up today. My laptop won’t charge off solar, just slightly too many amps. We started generator to charge mine, Michelles, a phone, a radio, and of course Paul’s iPod so we could listen to old NPR broadcasts….whaddya know, and now some cooking show….

Ziggy is making powdered egges with ham, dried tomatoes, and dried onions fried in butter.

Ryan and Ziggy are going up sideways to some features, the rest of us are going to hike to the top of Bull Pass to Victoria valley to collect 1 point, event though we have helo time scheduled to drop a team in there at some point…

Here is a ventifact we saw on the way up. Pat's head is in the left eye of the monkey:


Another ventifact:


We hiked 6 miles up bull pass, 1500 increase in elevation. Not 6 mi. as crow flies, 6 mi. as measured by GPS in actual hiking. 1 point. Very cold and windy at the top of bull pass overlooking Victoria Valley. Here we are with the VV in the background:



I did ok until the last .6 mi. on the way back, which was all steeply down hill, and I had to go slower. Thermometer said temp was in the 40’s, and sunny, but wind came up later. Hopefully my dirty underwear tied to the tent won’t fly away.

Made it back:


I then took a wet wipes shower and put on deodorant, clean briefs, and brand new long underwear, and clean fleece jacket. Almost human...

Ziggy made spaghetti with chicken and carrots in butter garlic sauce. Very tasty.