When we got to the meeting spot we found out that Matt was on a different team than Cindy and I. I was dissappointed as i was hoping we would all be together. It also made logistics tough. Cindy and i ended up renting fleeces because, now that Matt was separated from us, we did not have access to some of our stuff.
There was this feeling of not knowing how to do things that you normally know how to do. Like eating breakfast. I have breakfast everyday, but today it felt like i couldnt make a decision about what or how much to eat. It's amazing how anxiety can make you doubt some very basic things.
We left Paradise around 10:30. It was quite possibly the most beautiful day i have ever seen-and hot. When we would take breaks i would put snow in my hair to cool off.
Polished off the pizza at the first break-the pizza was a very good decision for me. Would reccomend that to anyone.
Despite the heat, I felt really good all the way to Muir. When we got there i felt confident about what was to come.
Got settled into our bunks and tried to get organized. That is difficult when you, again, feel like you dont know what you are doing and trying to do so in a very small space.
I was voracious by the time dinner rolled around and ate myself into a comma. We are one of the lucky groups that guides makes dinner for so that we dont have to subsist on bars and such. After a talk from Victor about helmets and harnesses, it was lights out. Remember, this is at 7:00 with the sun shining in a room with 20 nervous people-not the best conditions.
I feel asleep quickly, but woke only 40 minutes later. I was hot and realized that i had scorched the area behind my knees on the way up-they were on fire. i tried not to think about that.
I basically laid around dozing in and out, hearing every person go to the bathroom at least twice until the first group (Matt's) got woken up at midnight. We were to be following them about 45 minutes later, not that we could sleep with the ruckus of them getting ready or our nerves.