7/7/09 Hello there! Ugh I’m soo sore and exhausted from today, but it was our best peak climb yet! While half the group went with Jaime and Andy up Meteor peak, my group decided to cross the glacier and climb an unnamed peak that was within 200ft of the same height as Meteor. Being the climb leader, I had to

7/6/09 Today was a moving day which I don’t really like, but it’s fun to set up a new camp. Also my new tent mates are awesome! This morning we ate our first meal together and then roped up as a tent group. Then we hiked down the glacier about three miles, until we got to Meteor peak, the mountain

7/5/09 Hey! Sorry I didn’t write yesterday; I had to get to bed super early, and write my letter home. Yesterday was cool, because we chilled out all morning, and then did crevasse rescue training in a real crevasse! Some 4th of July! It was really fun, and my instructors said we all did really well! My favorite part was

7/3/09 Hey there! Well today was a fun, relaxing day. I didn’t really wake up when my tent mates went off to climb, which was nice, and woke up voluntarily around 8:30. After having some breakfast and saying good morning to John and Jake, I got to work carving out a water still* for my tent group. It works really

7/2/09 Hello again! We climbed the highest peak in Divide Basin today!! It took 2.5 hours of climbing, but the top was absolutely incredible. I was in the second rope team, so I was the sixth person to summit the peak. It was really tiring though, because the instructors let the students leading choose everything including when to have breaks,