After going on a hike the day before I was extremely tired, but extremely ambishous to go for more. At first when I got home my mother said she was taking the car, and this would possibly ruin my dream of going on TWO HIKES! I was so desperate to go that I had a bike route set up for if I had to ride my bike 25 miles to meet up with the group, but then I thought this is crazieness, because not only was I very tired but I was caughing from being sick. I did not want me skipping my friends birthday party to be in vain, although I had a great time that day, but wanted the exitement to never end! Fortunatly a turning point when my mother came up with an idea that she be dropped off somewere and we could go! Much hope rushed into me and I slept good and woke up and we headed out. Literally to get in the car was painful because of my back and feet so I taped them as Adam suggested. We met up and I got a ride from Iron (Mike) which I owe a special thanks to for many reasons, not only did he spare food, give us a free ride there and back, and was a team sherpa that at one point he sped up the group by taking up and down Craig's and my pack... I guess they don't call him Iron for nothing! Anyways I took some photo's along the way as usual and when we got to the trailhead I guess parking was reserved for people with ski permits which meant we had to walk the whole dang road.

  

		Mountain Across in Fog		Disturbing the Peace

Just the first few steps of the hike were already painful. Every step I made on the road was pain, and I thought to myself once again "Why do I get myself into these situations", but for some reason I cannot explain I believed that I could summit. It became easier when we started going up a slope or atleast for my feet and we skipped a lot of the road switch backs. It felt like I was still hiking from the day before and it was amzing that it was again like I was apart of a mountain dream, I was surrounded by so much intense beauty as well as constant endurance. The people we were hiking with were very nice, all of the group! It's amazing the more I travel the more people I meet that I can sotra feel like I'm friends with even though it's the first time I have ever met them. The snow later started to become deeper and the slope steeper, and the group was slowly getting farther apart from each other.

Heading Up		Looking North		The Side of were we were going

Later I started falling though the snow up to my upper legs at parts, and I decided to put on snow shoes. I would have went a little faster but I was a little worried about Craig who was getting cramps or something like that, but I'll be honest I would'nt have went much faster. It was a pain to get them on, but finally started going up again, but soon found that I was sliding and it was way more tiring on a steep slope with them on, so I took more time to take them off. I was worried Eastking was thinking "What's taking them so long" but later found that he was acually worried more than impatient which is very thoughtful of him! When we cought up on the final steep part we took a break and from here the group really started to fall apart exept for Eastking , Iron, and Bad Dog. As mentioned before this was the part were Iron carried my stuff, but it was there I personally made a mistake, I forgot Iron is fast and that I might not be seeing him until perhaps the summit. We also dropped our stuff off at the last break so I was without food or water nor a jacket, because I thought the group would be staying together, I would have even hallarded out for Craig but he was too far ahead because he wanted to get a quick head start when I reput on my snow shoes which this time worked out much better.



I started getting hungry fast, and thirsty, which is what lead to me starting to become weak. The farther we went the dizzier I got, and I started to worry because we were way out of sight of Eastking or any of them. It got to the point were I even started hallusinating and each step once again becoming more and more painful and I eventually became so dizzy I was without any thought or emotion. I don't know what it is about becoming super dizzy, but everything becomes alot funnier, I start laughing for no reason and that now I was trying to push on to catch up. My pace started slowing and when we got to the top of a hill I heard voices. Atfirst I thought I was hallusinating them and that I was out of my mind, but I heard more, and suddenly that birsted a huge spark of hope of ever catching up to them. I was frantic to want to catch up to them, so I hurried as fast as I could not wanting to loose them. As I later got in view of them walking there was a cornice like ridge which thank goodness we did'nt have to walk on the top of, but when I got real close to catching up, Iron started going again, and I was so worried because if I did'nt catch up to him, there was no way I would ever be able to, and I was stumbling a bit to catch up to him and he noticed I had my axe in my wrong hand which I did as well but was just so wanting to catch up I did'nt care. Not sure how much he knows how much it meant for me to catch up to him, but he gave me my food and water, plus a little bit of his and I just had to sit. It felt so nice to sit, you have no idea (unless you have experienced something like this) and the food..... well just plain out awesome! We cauhgt up to the rest of the group and it turns out they turned around.

Ridge Panorama

I felt really bad, that if I had not either have came or not of been so tired perhaps they could have summited. But I am very amazed at EastKing's great decission to turn around for many reasons, it was late, storm coming in, and group was tired, and that really shows he is a very responsible and great leader of a hiker. The way down was also hard, I was very dizzy and stumbling a bit and Craig gave me some kind of chew power thingies which helped a little but later I tripped and had a very hard time getting back up from being dizzy, but managed. Craig also have me some polls, but I had to take my snowshoes off because I stumbled and it was too hard to get them back on.

When we got to our packs we had some food and I thought that I was ready to go, and just as I was getting up I was all wabaly and we had to make it a bit longer. I am still sorry about that, but am very thankful for the groups patients, help and kindness. I regained my strength and was ready to head down and later we were even able to glassade. At this point Iron took my camera whihc is why there is'nt much photos of the decent from me. When ever someone would glassade Johana's dog known as the bad dog which was a good dog but not for glassading because she loved to bite people including me, but it was a gentle bite.

It was a nice way down and by the time we got to the trailhead it was dark and started snowing as we were leaving.... just in time! Once again another awesome but tiring time in the mountains. And just because I was tired does'nt mean I did'nt have a Jolly! I learned a few things... first of all, do not do two difficult hikes next to each other, for two I should try to keep food and water on me at all times regardless if someone is carring it for me, for three I should have went a bit easier on myself because I concerned the group because I pushed myself to the point were going down was trouble. I learned my leasons, and I hope they would be ok with me going again... exept this time I'll be ready for it!