I had gotten time off this past weekend to go do a triathlon with Mary, but this spring's injury meant I couldn't train. So Mary, after an epic time getting a functional bike at the race location, rocked the house without me. (Nice work!!) Instead, I did a reprise of last year's glacier skills weekend with some friends I'll be climbing Rainier with after Denali. More beautiful weather in the mountains!
This stretch of sun is more than a little unusual for Seattle, and everyone is a little loopy with it. The highs in town were up into the 80s, and the day I flew to Alaska the forecast was 90 degrees! Heat advisories were being issued, skirts and shorts and bikinis were being wantonly flaunted, and I finally wore the pink dress that I bought in India last fall. Yes, pink! Especially crazy is that 90 F (32 C) is relatively balmy in most of India, but in Seattle, a heat advisory is actually probably a good idea. Ha!
A few days here in Talkeetna, packing food and getting ready for our expedition, however, has made us ready to fly into the land of glaciers just to escape the mosquitos. Mosquitos! So many of them it's hard to sleep; I'm looking forward to being in a tent just so I'm not woken up by their signature whine and inopportune landings. The lack of night in town means eyeshades are a necessity; on the mountain it means we don't have to bring headlamps. Ever. It's so light at 2am you could read a book outside! Wierd.
Track us at http://www.alpineascents.com/denali-cybercast.asp We're Team IX, Rob and Suzanne with the all-Japanese team. Yep - should be interesting. See you on the flipside!
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