Jacko
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Saturday - The alarm goes off at 4.15 am and its on the road to the Daks. Its raining its pouring and I’m snoring. We get to Elk Lake at 9.00 am (well 2 miles from it anyway) and we check our equipment and realize we forgot the Arc. The rain is torrential. The trail to Slide Brook Lean to is a river – literally. There was a cute notice from Mr. Warden warning us that fallen trees ‘may impede progress’ – fallen trees who cares! what about 2 feet of water everywhere. We arrive at Slide Brook glad to dump gear and get to higher, dryer ground – WRONG. On the way to Dix the trail actually got worse. We waded up to our knees and ascending to the Beckhorn was an ascent up a 2,000 ft waterfall. Now being 3 Brits we felt quite at home till we got to the summit and the gale force winds blew down a couple of trees in front of us. So soaked to the skin, we turned back before the summit even though it was only 200 yds away. We swam / floated back down stream to the hut looking forward to light a drying fire. Ed and Frank our newly arrived room mates decided we needed help so spent 2hrs trying to light a fire before giving up. Meanwhile the remaining 5 members of the Hudson (QC) team arrived dry and chirpy wanting to know why the fire wasn’t lit and the food wasn’t ready! We apologized profusely and promptly made them supper while they read us a bedtime story.
Sunday and glorious sunshine. We beat the ice solid boots out and ascended Macomb slide in the most glorious of conditions. We even got a technical ice pitch in at the top. Magnificent as this day was the day to remember and go into personal folklore will be Saturday. Know what! I think I’m enjoying it now!
Sunday and glorious sunshine. We beat the ice solid boots out and ascended Macomb slide in the most glorious of conditions. We even got a technical ice pitch in at the top. Magnificent as this day was the day to remember and go into personal folklore will be Saturday. Know what! I think I’m enjoying it now!