12:07 pm
We picked our way down the mountain following Dale's team's tracks and made good time.
The sucker crevasses that were soft when we crossed yesterday were more solid this morning. We passed the one that got me yesterday and were making our way down the next set when the snow started falling.
The wind had been kicking smatters of ice at us all morning. This wasn't a smattering. It was noisy. Steve hollered, I turned to see snow and ice directly above. We all ran downhill.
The ice went into a crevasse and didn't hit us. The crevasse I took three minutes navigating Steve took in two bounds. Fred lept, dad dodged & slid, I dove to the side. We all made excellent self-arrests.
By the time we made it to the last set of crevasses just above Schurman. Dale's team's tracks were pretty faint - the sun doing its work on their trail and the ice.
The last few crossings were pretty sketch. Fred and dad made excellent leaps of faith. They were awesome - even on very little sleep and even less food.
We're packing up now to head down to glacier basin. A few more crevasses to cross on lower Ingram, a rock prow to climb, then on down the inter-glacier to the treeline and more of that sweet sweet O2.
- cb
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matt's note: the photo is taken from google...but is of a Rainier climb.
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