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Mt. Denison - Camp 3 / 4 / 5
High Camp. After joining the Hallo Glacier and traveling for approximately a mile, we came across another flat area, well protected from immediate ice or rock fall, screaming to be made high camp. So we did. Camping in the snow, we took care to secure the tent with as many anchors as possible. However, in the heat, anything we buried was quickly melted out by the intensity of the sun. This was a lesson almost learned the hard way when we returned from the summit and found one of the tents ready to blow way, save one remaining anchor. (the tent had ALL our belongings, food, etc. The powerful wind turned the wide side-wall into a sail and wanted to 'sail it' all the way down the glacier...)
High camp with Mt. Stellar obscured in the background.
Taylor turning a pile of gear into a Lazy-boy. In the end, most of us morphed into painful red lobsters from similar activities.
Richard Soaper checking out the view.
(photo: Taylor Nissi melting snow for water)
Chris Dickey digging snow anchors for the tent. (the sun and wind would eventually succeed in pulling out all save one).
High Camp. After joining the Hallo Glacier and traveling for approximately a mile, we came across another flat area, well protected from immediate ice or rock fall, screaming to be made high camp. So we did. Camping in the snow, we took care to secure the tent with as many anchors as possible. However, in the heat, anything we buried was quickly melted out by the intensity of the sun. This was a lesson almost learned the hard way when we returned from the summit and found one of the tents ready to blow way, save one remaining anchor. (the tent had ALL our belongings, food, etc. The powerful wind turned the wide side-wall into a sail and wanted to 'sail it' all the way down the glacier...)
High camp with Mt. Stellar obscured in the background.
Taylor turning a pile of gear into a Lazy-boy. In the end, most of us morphed into painful red lobsters from similar activities.
Richard Soaper checking out the view.
(photo: Taylor Nissi melting snow for water)
Chris Dickey digging snow anchors for the tent. (the sun and wind would eventually succeed in pulling out all save one).
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