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Whiteout At 17.2
Friday, May 28, 1999 — 7:02pm (PST)
 Tejas | |
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Whoa! Are we in The Mountain Zone or what? Man, it's blowing 40 to 50 knots out here–our own whiteout. Couldn't go this morning for obvious reasons. Last night was tough, the tents took all night long covered with frost. That's no biggie. We're just trying to keep things from blowing away right now.
We're still at 17.2. And we're hoping that maybe this weather will improve a little bit just so we don't have to worry about whether or not we're going to get blown away. We're all battening down hatches and trying to stay in good spirits. We're building walls around our tents. And we're trying to build an igloo right now, just so we can sleep a little bit calmer. As fast as we can shovel the snow, the wind blows it away. So we're fighting — fighting it all the way.
Oh, boy I don't' know if you can hear the wind in the background, maybe in the lull spot here. It's awkward. But I tell you what, if you got to go poop you're just shit out of luck, so to speak. Anyway, we're, we're hoping it is going to clear off and calm down and we'll try for it again in the mañana.
Good talking with you. Bye-bye for now.
— Alpine Ascents Guide Vern Tejas, MountainZone.com Correspondent
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