Up at 12:30pm Friday night, out the door of the hotel at 1am, to arrive at the TH by 1:45am. It was a rather warm morning with little to no wind below treeline. We started hiking briefly at 2am. The first few hours of hiking were simply on a tail, with the main focus on gaining the ridge. Once above treeline, the winds picked up, and we made a 'layer' stop to put on the gear we needed.
A short 1.5 miles of hiking on the road, and then we dropped down into Bottomless Pit.
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| Looking back at Bottomless Pit (and the ridge we came down) |
We took the direct route up the Y-Couloir. The snow was great, though a bit 'bulletproof' as we call it in some places. I had to really kick and dig in with the toe of my crampon for some steps.
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| Headed up the couloir |
Summited at approximately 11:30am to be greeted by some nasty winds up top. We hurried in the gift shop there and refueled/rested up. After you have been going 9 1/2 hours, its funny how you simply just want to sit, and not think, drink, eat, talk, laugh, etc. We were pretty much physically and mentally tired!
I am feeling the effects of getting little to no sleep Friday night/Saturday morning now, but I would rather have the experience than a few hours of sleep anyday!
Physically, I felt great the whole climb. I'm going to keep on keepin' on with my trail running, as it is helping greatly in preparing for Mt. Kilimanjaro!
“If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” -- Thomas Jefferson
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