I was at my computer when they texted me Saturday at midnight. Shortly thereafter I got a sat call. What started as very clear only lasted a few minutes before it cut out completely so I don't have much more to report.
Spirits seemed very high and they are very happy with the weather so far. It has been great. Let's all hope that holds. I was speaking directly with Bernie and one sentiment he did express was the utter vastness of the glacier. You just walk and walk and walk, and "nothing gets any closer".
But wait "enough about them", you're thinking. "What were you doing home at midnight on Saturday? Don't you have your own mountains to climb?" Correct you are. I hadn't planned on being home this weekend but ended up with a short scenic hike to a fire tower Saturday and I'm heading out Sunday morning to a place Bernie and I know well.
One of our first mountain climbs together in Colorado was up Mt Evans by way of Mt Spaulding from Summit Lake. He and I saw some snow climbers then traversing over from Sunrise Couloir. We both thought it was pretty cool. I'll be thinking about that day while I'm on that climb. It is a short one which means if I have any additional updates from the Powersauce twins, I'll be able to post them Sunday evening.
Update: I ended up on little Eldorado Mountain instead of Sunrise Coulior.
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