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Posted by katjh (24.11.4.22) on 07:36:22 01/13/13
In Reply to: Sunlight Basin posted by katjh
The saddle on the far right of this photo, ahead of me and to the left of the trail, is where we had intended to camp. I just didn't feel safe doing that with the storms in the area.
Should we set up camp anyway and just don rain gear and make a run for cover if it storms? Didn't sound like a great idea to huddle in a small group of small trees in the middle of the night.
Should we head down just into the trees? LOTS of widow makers down there from a previous fire and not very much flat ground for tents.
Should we go over the other side, down into HooDoo Basin? None of us was sure about access to water there or if the terrain was any better for camping.
In the end we decided to head back down the way we had come - back to some cover and closer to water. Mort and Steve really wanted to be up here for sunrise in the morning, so we hoped we wouldn't have to go too far back.
Hindsight is always 20/20. We could have camped on the saddle. The storm didn't amount to much and it was dry the rest of the night. But, who could have known that at the time? I may be just a little bit of a whimp about storms on summits....can't help it!
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