Day of Training

I spent the day on the side of the mountain at about 6,000 ft.
learning the skills necessary for tomorrow's climb. Spent a lot of
time relearning things I learned when I was two years old like
breathing and walking. Just on the mountain they have fancier
descriptions like:

Pressure breathing and
Crossover step, the duck step or just plain old kicking steps

We also learned how to use the ice axe to self arrest and how to walk
as a team all roped up together.

Tomorrow we head up to a camp at 10,000 ft. sleep for about 4 hours
and head out in the dark at midnight to reach the summit after
daybreak. I found out that there is no cell coverage on the mountain,
so unfortunately I will not be able to let you know how it goes until
about midnight east coast time Saturday night.

So check back on Sunday morning to see if I made it.

Talk to you later and thanks for checking in on my adventure.