Bad Weather in the Wilson Group

Homie blitzed the Chicago Basin, making the summit of Windom in just 1h22, Sunlight in 1h58m, North Eolus in 3h10m, Eolus in 3h25m and back to camp by 4h17m. Way too fast, but it did allow him to walk all the way out and soak his legs in the Animas River before boarding the train at 11:45 a.m.

I met Homie and Loobster at the train station and after pulling out Homie's gear from Loobster's pack, we bid him goodbye and headed for the Kilpacker Trailhead via Ophir Pass. The drive went easily, but Homie made the mistake of sitting the back, facing backwards, while re-packing his pack. This caused him to get nausea, and he never gets car sick. We had to stop for a bit and Homie walked a ways before getting back in, facing forward. This sickness prevented him from eating anything on the drive.

He took a sandwich and a coke with him when he started towards the Wilson Group, pretty much right on schedule, but in the rain. I remained at the trailhead for two hours in case he turned around and it rained steadily the entire time. I finally started the drive around to the Rock of Ages trailhead and am now updating the blog in a restaurant in Telluride.

Homie has sent his SPOT message at the top of El Diente and is currently traversing towards Mt. Wilson. After that he'll drop way down, get some water, and climb Wilson Peak before descending the other side to where I'll be waiting. Hopefully the rain will let up, though Mark Oveson has told me the weather report for tomorrow isn't any better. Bummer, but he is so incredibly tough that I don't know what will stop him.