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Holding the Heat

Blog Instead of being asleep at 21:42 on 2 August 2022, kitt created this:

At dinner time tonight, I noticed that everyone across from me was in four layers. For each of them, the top layer was a puffy jacket. Surprised by this, I asked S if he were cold. No, he said, he felt fine. If he took off the jacket, however, he'd be cold.

I Have Made Better Choices, part 317

Blog Yeah, kitt finished writing this at 11:03 on 2 August 2022

While waiting for the rest of the team to return from the Cotopaxi summit, I wandered around inside and outside of the lodge after I caught up somewhat on sleep. In the lodge, there is a wall of crocs, each pair, if you can match them, available for anyone to wear:

Dizziness will be My Downfall

Blog Posted by kitt at 10:42 on 2 August 2022

Subtitled: Dizziness is my devil

Happiness is a Warm Shower

Blog Instead of being asleep at 07:59 on 31 July 2022, kitt created this:

I was mostly blah last night from the climb and the travel back, so didn't shower. We are back at Yanacocha Lodge today, so I knew that the showers were not hot, they were just slightly cooler than tepid. When I woke up at 6:15 to a teammate's accidental alarm, and, as I already had 9 hours of sleep, decided to embrace the cold shower.

A Successful Climb Doesn't Necessarily Need a Summit

Blog Written with a loving hand by kitt some time around 12:57 on 30 July 2022

Well, that was an adventure. I did not summit. None of the team summitted. I learned a lot, and have a new highest point for me: 5000m (16404').

That said, this climb was a complete mismanagement of intake resources, coupled with significant equipment issues. Which begs the question, "Can a climb be awesome and awful, wondrous and a wreck?" Yes? Good, because this one was.

View towards Quito from Cayambe Hut

Daily Photo Instead of being asleep at 19:59 on 29 July 2022, kitt created this:

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