“I am in big trouble! I have to get the Crestones done today in time to be at Culebra tomorrow morning [at 6am.] It is going to be a real nail biter! Crap I am so pissed!!!!”
from Andrew at 930am this morning.
Ugh!!!!!!
Day 2 Andrew and the Crew
Sorry for the delay in posting! We have been out of service all day! As of now Andrew has completed Redcloud, and Sunshine and is now on his way to Uncompahgre and Wetterhorn. He had mentioned previously his climb up Wilson Peak and Sneffels have been challenging and a minor setback for timing sake because of the hard packed snow in the dark. It made route finding a bit more difficult. He even said he was doing some “self arrest glissading” because the snow was so hard!
The day has been so fun so far! James and Andrew drove Cinnamon Pass and Will and I took the kids the long way through Lake City meeting up at silver crk /grizzly gulch trailhead where Kim was waiting for us!(she arrived at 3 am!) We also met here SJRon where he was also waiting to cheer Andrew on! He had a sign for Andrew on the back of his ATV. The kids stayed entertained by fishing at his lake! (Thanks RON!)We stayed entertained by jammin out to country music and making new friends and listening to their own life threatening adventure stories!! As Andrew came running down to meet us we had “the final countdown” blasting! He sleeps when he can in the car and we do our best to keep him ibuprofened up, rubbed out and well fed! WAY TO GO ANDREW! keep up the great effort!
Day 2
I have not heard anything since getting this text from James at 614am.
“He is still feeling good and eating well. The night route finding is harder then expected with the large quantity of snow. We are only back two hours off the original plan so that’s exciting.”
Thanks for all the geeks crunching the numbers on 14ers.com, especially Homie for the play by play! Looks like he just had a nice glissade off Redcloud. Others were wondering what he has for traction. He has hiking boots, waterproof trailrunners, +/-gaiters, +/-microspikes, +/-crampons, +/- snowshoes.
Mountains Climbed:
1)Windom 2)Sunlight 3)Eolus 4) N. Eolus 5)El Diente 6)Mt. Wilson 7)Wilson Peak 8)Sneffels 9)Handies 10)Sunshine 11)Redcloud
While WE were sleeping…
Andrew really enjoyed his mountainbike downhill off ROA trailhead! He is eating well and feels good. Hopefully Andrea can do some more updates during the day, as I will be heading back to work in bit. Just got a text, they are leaving Ouray now.
Moving on to Ouray!
Well we made it to ROA TH and of course boys will be boys. We hiked, and played with sticks and had sword fights. James met us at the trailhead After dropping off the bike, and we organized all of the gear in the car, made sandwiches for Andrew, and made some fun friends Who are planning on doing the Wilson’s tomorrow! It was such a beautiful night here, the stars were amazing! And then finally we saw Andrews light, he was coming back on his bike. We packed up and we’re headed on! He is doing and feeling great! The first 24 hours is almost complete!
The train!
Sorry for the late addition, but someone does have to (financially) support this endeavor! Calvin and Axel are on their way with Andrea, probably at Rock of Ages by now to meet up. 9news tried to do a little phone interview, but I was working. Clearly they could have used a little help with the details.
As you all have figured out by now, he made the train!
James says that Andrew feels strong so far. It got a little stormy with rain and sleet, but seems like the wind has pushed out some of that weather. Cloudy with a hint of blue over the Wilsons.
On Our Way! 1/2 the crew!
No need to delay start!
Andrew and James made the train! No need to delay start!
Andrea
On his way!
So it looks like he started right at 430am! I hope Andrew is right about his splits. If he doesn’t make the train at 1115am, he may have to restart tomorrow! There is a noon train, but it does not pick up regular passengers at that time.