Today we completed the day 2 of the climbing school, which was essentially completing a pair of climbs off one of Teton Village's ski slopes in what is called Laramie Bowl. Christian challenged us with some tougher climbs (and we survived, though the rock managed to take a chunk of my thumb and my knee), and the good news is that nothing we do on the Grand will be nearly as difficult as what we did today. We embark around 10 AM tomorrow for the Lower Saddle and will be climbing the Exum Ridge route... not too hard, but does include a ledge traverse over a 1500-foot drop in early morning. Gulp. We come down on the western slope and drop in with a 200-foot rappel as well. Should be interesting. I'll post pics and video from today later... Paul has all of the shots of me on his camera, and he's already in bed.
Jeana and the boys took the ferry across Jenny Lake and hiked up to Hidden Falls, a short and relatively easy hike of about 1/2 a mile. This is where Paul and I were climbing on Friday. Pics of the crew in front of the falls, a pesky marmot, and Teewinot (left) and Mt.Owen (right) below:
We all got back this evening, and after dinner Paul stayed in while the rest of us went to... the Jackson Saturday Night Rodeo! Ugh. Not my thing. I passed the time by texting, cheering for the animals to win, and being entertained by the Amish family in front of us rocking out to Taio Cruz. No, that last statement was not a joke. Zach also got popcorn salt in his eye. Which reminds me, the most expensive thing on the snack bar menu was jerky for $5, thus explaining what happened to the poor calf that got roped and then stood up lame on the left hind foot (I notice these things).
Won't be updating the blog again until Monday night because, well, tomorrow night I'll be trying to sleep at 11,000 feet at the Lower Saddle. Later!
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