Rain and Snow and the approach Journal Entry Sept. 12 2007

Rain and snow and more rain as we carry our skis for two hours through the wind swept grassy plains into the nire forest of patagonia. The little trail we are travling on has worked us up valley. I guess so much for the weather forcast. We started our skinning at 6:30am we reached our base camp up in the cerro castillo valley at 3:30 pm. It feels good to drop off our sixty pound packs, but the work isn't done we get to dig a kitchen and two pads for your tents. Then David, Danny and I get to travel down the valley to our food chache and repack our packs and skin up the valley. Returning to camp at 7:30 camp was allmost finished, and we settled in to a bowl of instant potatoes. It sure it the spot after the long day of getting to camp. Once I hit the pillow I was out, but Im tent mates and I forgot to ventilate the tent so when we woke up in the morning our tent and gear was soaked. We spend the next two days sitting around camp reading, paying cards, and waiting for the weather to break. I hope the pressure is rising on the barometer.