The Climb Day One: I Guess We’re Really Doing This?

I’m told that today was the easy day. Now that I’ve finally seen the mountain in daytime framed by a clear blue sky, I can believe that.

After an astonishingly terrible nights sleep, Carrie and I were dressed, packed, fed, and ready for our 8:00 pick up. When we boarded the tour company’s bus (a significantly larger one than the day before) we found it was nearly completely…