DSC07181 Photo courtesy Bill Bushnell

Mammoth Trip, 2022

June 28

Carson Project




The descent is tedious and slow. I take out my sticks and put them away again several times as the terrain changes. The steep scree slips away under me, and even the large talus boulders move and shift if I pull on them. Exert only downward force! The descent is very slow and shaky, and my extensor tendon doesn't like it either. But I keep moving. -F.


The descent was sketchy and tedious. The rocks underfoot were constantly slipping and every step felt insecure. -S.