Early morning up top

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Posted by katjh (24.11.4.22) on 06:34:50 01/14/13

In Reply to: Day 12 posted by katjh

I didn't sleep well at all. My heart was racing, I had cramps...I just felt yucky. I'm guessing I was dehydrated from the hike up. Anyway, the silver lining to all that is that I got up, pulled on my jacket and went to sit outside for awhile and drink some water. It was a beautiful night. I saw three or four brilliant meteorites. I finally crawled back in my bag and fell asleep.

I have finally come to grips with the fact that I just can't carry or consume enough water on these climbing hikes. I need to carry something else. A sports drink of some sort, I guess. There is no easy access to water for refills once you get up above tree line here.

We all got up at 0-dark-thirty cuz we wanted to get back up to the top for the sunrise. I told Mort and Steve to go on ahead cuz I knew I wasn't going to climb fast. I ended up not climbing at all. I just couldn't do it. I was so incredibly thirsty and just didn't have the energy. I'd take a few steps and start to feel nauseaous. No good. I went back to camp to wait for them to return.

Follow Ups:

Sure wish - katjh 06:37:31 01/14/13 (13)
- When the kids did this hike last summer - katjh 06:43:32 01/14/13 (12)
  - Here comes the sun! - katjh 06:46:38 01/14/13 (11)
    - It's a beautiful morning - katjh 07:23:50 01/14/13 (10)
      - Just a couple more - katjh 07:25:59 01/14/13 (9)
        
        Sunrise - katjh 07:28:09 01/14/13 (8)
        
        Know what's wrong with these sunrise pics? - Bison 11:13:31 01/15/13 (0)
        
        Park Boundary - katjh 07:39:02 01/14/13 (6)
        
        I wouldn't beat yourself up too much. - Bison 11:20:03 01/15/13 (1)
        
        Tryin not to, Bison - katjh 17:04:13 01/15/13 (0)
        
        End of the day - katjh 10:29:59 01/14/13 (2)
        
        Can hardly wait for tomorrow's installment - Granite Head 11:12:04 01/14/13 (0)
        
        Beautiful pics katjh - John 10:36:28 01/14/13 (0)
        
        Great Shots - Norm 09:33:52 01/14/13 (0)

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