Today we climbed Mt. Si, all the way up, in the snow. It was really fun for me, Doreen, and of course Lucy. We didn't have any other distractions to keep us from climbing the whole mountain. It was snowy from the very beginning of the trail, and got deeper and deeper as we went up in elevation. But so many people hike this trail that it gets packed down really hard, and is relatively easy to hike (with good crampons and poles).
My stupid crampons were the old instep crampons with a strap over the instep. They kept coming loose, filling up with snow, falling off, and one of them eventually broke. Overall, I would say I wasn't pleased with them. Will need to look for replacements.
When we were up near the top of the mountain, we saw several Japanese hikers that appeared to be in a big group (they all had matching towels). Almost all of this group laughed out loud when we passed them by, pointing at Lucy. They called her a lot of things I didn't understand, but I heard one of them call her a bear.
By looking at Lucy in some of these photos, perhaps some of the hikers were calling her "Yeti" - that girl obviously loves her snow. Congrats on all your training and preparations. Have a fabulous trip!
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