Mar 25/07 - Fairy Meadows - Swan Creek trees
3/15/07
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Exchange day and conditions really sh&* the big one. Freezing levels rose, 35 cms of snow fell on the already wet dense 20+ cms of yesterday. I cowered in a corner in the back of the lodge and furiously ate trying to recover lost body weight, dreaming of my wife flying in with a 12 pack of cream horns from Revelstoke's Chalet Bakery.
It was not meant to be, I listened as both Don and Craig of Golden's Alpine Helicopters tried to get even one flight off the ground. It was raining hard in Golden and visibility was pretty much nil at the hut. Frantic phone calls, rescheduling flights and shifts were made by our group and we settled in for another night.
The next day the weather broke and the birds flew. Little did we know that the next few days would bring bluebirds of happiness to the North Selkirks glaciers and peaks.
click here for more - http://www.leelau.net/2007/fairymeadows0703/day9/
It was not meant to be, I listened as both Don and Craig of Golden's Alpine Helicopters tried to get even one flight off the ground. It was raining hard in Golden and visibility was pretty much nil at the hut. Frantic phone calls, rescheduling flights and shifts were made by our group and we settled in for another night.
The next day the weather broke and the birds flew. Little did we know that the next few days would bring bluebirds of happiness to the North Selkirks glaciers and peaks.
click here for more - http://www.leelau.net/2007/fairymeadows0703/day9/
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