http://barrelmaker.us/wordpress/2010/03/17/the-blitz/ Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:12:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://barrelmaker.us/wordpress/2010/03/17/the-blitz/comment-page-1/#comment-841 coop Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:35:28 +0000 http://barrelmaker.us/wordpress/2010/03/17/the-blitz/#comment-841 We finally took this trip...and it was pretty epic, although "Blitz" it turns out, is a bit of a misnomer. I convinced the advance party to do the hike in at night under cover of stars, howling spindrift, and much darkness. I coolly estimated an approach time of 4 hours, but icy, difficult skinning conditions found us arriving at our destination tired but very happy after 7.5 hours. This approach included tunneling through a cornice, a first ever for yours truly...very exhilarating! We finally took this trip…and it was pretty epic, although “Blitz” it turns out, is a bit of a misnomer. I convinced the advance party to do the hike in at night under cover of stars, howling spindrift, and much darkness. I coolly estimated an approach time of 4 hours, but icy, difficult skinning conditions found us arriving at our destination tired but very happy after 7.5 hours. This approach included tunneling through a cornice, a first ever for yours truly…very exhilarating!

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