In response to the email from Mum : "Have you been up a mountain playing silly buggers while I have been waiting for a reply to any of my e-mails? " The answer is yes and here is the story!
27th August 2009
This morning we had a little adventure on the Dru North Face, John Roberts - the guest blogger gives us a summary. To see a bit of route beta and rockfall news see the previous post.
Over to John......
Problem 1 - Lightning Storm Number 1
"This is the best way - you bend down on your knees and stick your ass in the air. The lightning goes in your ass."
Problem 2 - Water
"This water's full of aliens."
"No it's not, it's granite"
Problem 3 - Gas
"We've run out of gas."
Problem 4 - Rain Storm Number 1
"Of f£$k, shit, the chocolate's gone down a hole."
"Oh well, you're going hungry."
"No you are, it's the team chocolate."
"Better go and get it then."
Problem 5 - Rockfall (see photo from below post)
"The bonatti pillar's falling down."
"What do we do."
"Run"
"It's easier if you run when you're out your sleeping bag."
"Oh, yeah."
"Where now?"
"Hide behind that rock."
"Do you think we're gonna die?"
"No."
"Go get the camera then."
"Now I feel like an American."
"My sleeping bag's over there... Damn, I got pretty far hopping"
Problem 6 - 3 hour rain storm 2
"My bivi bags better than yours."
"No it's not, mine only weighs 500grams."
"So what, mine's waterproof. Oh shit"
"What"
"The f&$^£&g puddle that collected in the hood just poured in."
"See told you mine's better."
3:30am
"What's your psyche level out of 100?"
"40"
"You?"
"Bout 62."
Problem 7 - Rockfall number 2
"We've gone the wrong way"
"This is the way down here."
BOOOOM
"Good job we went the wrong way. Would've died then."
"What's your psyche level?"
"Let's go home."
"OK"
Until next time..........
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