if i can sleep tonight it will be amazing as my mind is constantly running at full speed analyzing and evaluating so many different aspects of our trip that begins tomorrow. Some times i think i over plan and cross check one too many times but today as i was in the process of performing one of my obsessive ideas....where to get the fuel...i discovered this may be an issue as the few stores in shasta city were running dry on the stuff. so i obsessed for an hour or two and have map quested my self till i can't do no more and have maps and directions to 1, 2, 3 and yes even a 4th alternate location for fuel. Do I seem a bit ocd? i have to say i think most good climbers, divers, runners..anyone totally into their sport are a bit this way...it's a wierd but welcoming place to get to and while i am not always there....i know when i enter the ocd world.

anyway....

i always am amazed to think 24 hours ahead and try to physically and emotionally imagine where i will be tomorrow at this time when i have a big event coming up.... tomorrow at 8:30 california time I imagine donna and amy and I will be just getting to know our other fellow climbers as we will have only arrived 30-+ minutes earlier.. I hope they have a nice camp site and stoves burning but that may be pushing it. no matter...it will be wonderful to be out of this humidity and heat and into the coolness of the mountain and fresh crisp air.... with our true challenges ahead of us. Challenges that are only our own. This is the beauty of climbing... to know your own limitations and if you don't ... the opportunity to learn where they might be and how to help them reach beyond where they are.

I hope we can communicate with friends and family during the trip but not too sure of our technologic capabilities but check in just to see....here's to a fun, safe, and glorious weekend.!!!