Well the BS'ing screached to a halt the moment I began throwing one leg infront of the other about 7:30ish from JVC, and found myself alone at Pebble Creek within 45 minutes.
For some reason, my anabolic threshhold has gotten better, and so I found myself humming some crazy Led Zep song for a little bit, and it worked.
Made it to Mclure rock soon enough while skinning my ass off all morning, and testing my old BD Ascension skins which I must say.....are about to fall apart.
They gripped and never slipped, not even on the steepest slopes, and I was damn pleased.
Made it to Muir a little before 10AM, fixed breakfast, found some time to BS with climbers, and then just pointed down hill.
Now mind you, I just screwed together a set of BD Arc ascents at 167 with a pair of Fritshi Express bindings and was giving the setup it's 1st whirl.
I made a few turns on the sorta cornish snow, and got used to their radius design, and before you knew it I was beaming past Anvil, Mclure, had to hop a few rocks, and was down to just about Pebble Creek within 6 minutes, which ripped because as I did fly by's on all the RMI heards heading up --- And could just imagine what they were saying to themselves.......
..........."That guy is having a hell of a time up here".
The weather was chilly, but moderate, and the snow began to show signs of melting around 9AM.
Met tons of folks and had a great time.
Just wished that it would have lasted a little longer, but now I am drinking a fresh cold beer at home, and thinking about my totally solid morning up on the hill.
That's my TR
GEAR: 35L ski pack
Water
Stove
Spare clothes
Scarpa Matrix Boots
BD Whippets
And a great tune to hum to.