This past weekend the team busted out a lil training trip in Cali. With our crazy schedules, this was the last opportunity to get everyone together, hang from trees, run through the crevasse rescue scenarios, and play in the snow. We were all a smidge worried when we saw 100+ deg temps in Palm Springs, but San Jacinto Peak provided us with just enough white stuff to have some meet our objectives. Traffic was totally LA and it took over four hours to get from to Palm Springs. Ben was also able to make it up from San Diego late Friday night. We missed the last tram on Friday night and ended up crashing just off the road outside the gate for the first tram in the morning. Below are some highlights from one blast of a weekend.
Just enough room for one Niki in the back seat of the Wrangler.
Seriously?
Slept under the stars in 80 deg weather...perfect training for Denali.
Picture of the trip.
Tram ride on San Jacinto.
Niki's personal touch on wands.
Niki logging some sled hauling time.
Snow kitchen table and benches!
Nemo Moki fortification.
Park Ranger: "Awesome tent, strong snow walls, cool music. Did you guys read the permit?"
What goes up must come down.
Ben on our self-rescue setup.
Canadian Drop Loop System.
...and the California Grey Squirrel.
Seriously?
Park Ranger: "Awesome tent, strong snow walls, cool music. Did you guys read the permit?"
...and the California Grey Squirrel.
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