i am updating an awful lot, but there is so much going on that its only appropriate.
this morning i woke slowly to someone yelling "get up! everyone pack up your hike gear we're leaving in 15 minutes!". that was at 2:45am. at first i was running off adrenaline, so i felt pretty good but then during the one hour drive to the mountain i started feeling so sick and exhausted. so we start climbing this mountain. it was called mount Ida, it took us about 5 hours, and the summit had an altitude of 12,800 ft which is more than 2 miles above sea level. it was difficult to breath well, and the hike was honestly one of the most intense things i've ever had to do in my life. extremely challenging. we had lunch at the summit and hung out. like me and another guy built a rock fort for instance. among other awesome things. 3 quarters of the hike was above treeline. so basically, trees can't survive at that altitude and there was quite a bit of snow. it was 4.5 miles up the mountain and 4.5 back. we climbed about 3,000 ft. (from 9,000 to almost 13,000).
so that was today. very very interesting. i guess I'm glad we did it but i wouldn't want to do it again. the view was astounding. i'll get pictures up someday.
i've seen about 6 foxes. we keep conjuring a way to catch one. apperently some of the leaders have pet them and played fetch before. and two of the students saw a very very large black bear yesterday.
night.
jimmy.
this morning i woke slowly to someone yelling "get up! everyone pack up your hike gear we're leaving in 15 minutes!". that was at 2:45am. at first i was running off adrenaline, so i felt pretty good but then during the one hour drive to the mountain i started feeling so sick and exhausted. so we start climbing this mountain. it was called mount Ida, it took us about 5 hours, and the summit had an altitude of 12,800 ft which is more than 2 miles above sea level. it was difficult to breath well, and the hike was honestly one of the most intense things i've ever had to do in my life. extremely challenging. we had lunch at the summit and hung out. like me and another guy built a rock fort for instance. among other awesome things. 3 quarters of the hike was above treeline. so basically, trees can't survive at that altitude and there was quite a bit of snow. it was 4.5 miles up the mountain and 4.5 back. we climbed about 3,000 ft. (from 9,000 to almost 13,000).
so that was today. very very interesting. i guess I'm glad we did it but i wouldn't want to do it again. the view was astounding. i'll get pictures up someday.
i've seen about 6 foxes. we keep conjuring a way to catch one. apperently some of the leaders have pet them and played fetch before. and two of the students saw a very very large black bear yesterday.
night.
jimmy.
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