[vash]

ok..back.

some of your advice was spot on!
my pack ended up being 52 lbs. in my excitement, i couldnt sleep the night before (mistake #1), we got up there, checked in with the ranger, under the watchful stinkeye of some deer loving summer volunteer. ranger was cool, lady referred to us as"those bow and arrow killers" (she didnt think we could hear her). the hike in was brutal! we crested 6 hours! i was sucking air! having done this, i will get the pack down light. lighter bag, pad and tent for sure..bivy next time. my jogging saved my life..i recovered fast. after hiking about up there for several days, the hike back up and over was EASY! we blasted back to the truck in 3 hours.

mountain house food..thinking about it makes me dry heave.

next year, i am going in early to cache supplies. and i will run stadiums..do lunges and more squats..my quads were done the first day..i had to stretch alot...