Mt. Wire with Jun and MatthewVH before work. My tummy was doing back flips this morning. The first sign was when I tried to gag down my protein shake it took everything I had not to puke it up. I gagged. (Jun knows the face). I figured things would settle down though once I got to the trail or so I hoped.
I was a few minutes late getting to the trailhead (I think I hit every light on Foothill) and Jun was waiting for me. Matt took off a few minutes before because he figured we would catch up. My stomach was still protesting. Just before the ridge we could see Matt taking his one mile break, and we heard some coyotes howling in the hollow below. Cool. Matt waited for us to catch up and then we all hung together the rest of the way up.
When we got to the towers on the summit ridge it was so COLD! The wind picked up and we didn't stay more than a few seconds on top (52:30). I took a few swigs of my slushy water, but I didn't want to stay up there in that wind. Jun took off fast and Matt and I followed, and we didn't see him again until he jumped out at me from the bushes near the bottom. I think he shook everything in my guts loose because my best efforts to keep everything in were not enough. CRAP!
Other than the stomach issues this was a really fun morning. | 