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Mammoth Trip, 2018

September 18

Tenaya Peak

Somewhere around here, Stella is no longer as happy and is feeling a little spooked. She doesn't want to go down the same way. -F.



When I turned around and looked back, I felt certain I was about to fall headlong off a cliff into thin air, and not stop falling until I landed in the lake. I was completely spooked. Just feeling angle of the slab under my feet was terrifying, even if I didn't look down. This is the worst I've ever been scared in the mountains. I couldn't calm myself, even though I knew the slabs were very grippy and we weren't in danger. It turned a fun climb into a day of fear. -S.