thank you but i have my own power bars

ages ago i wrote a lament about climbing mt.si without enough power bars and almost snatching one from a passing kid. but i bought my own power bars yesterday. a lot of them. and since i had enough power bars i hiked up to camp muir today. the weather was crappy, there was sleet and ice falling constantly, visibility was about 50 feet and the wind blew icicles in your face and eyes and lips. it was a ghastly day but an amazing hike. i drove out from redmond at 4:45 am (the first sunrise i've seen in ages!) and i've had a grand total of 5 hours of sleep this weekend (which explains the slurring when i type). muir is at 10,105 feet and the total altitude gain from paradise point is about 4600 feet. not much really but most of it was through hard-packed ice up a 40 grade incline. sliding down a glaciar on your butt using your boots as brakes has got to be the most fun thing this side of martian lizard-hopping. more details when i get some snaps.