Getting Organized...Wednesday January 27

Due to my very organized and a tad bit compulsive hubby, today was the day we had to gather all our "stuff" together in order to have Sara, one of our delightful guides from Sierra Mountaineering, take a complete review and let us know what we are missing, or what we don't need.

Donna's review took about 10 minutes, as she had actually read through the list and had followed the directions. Cindy's review took much longer as she spent the morning cleaning out her linen drawer and then going through Willie's closet... clearly avoiding the task at hand! However, turns out I had most of the clothes and equipment needed, it was just a matter of being forced to concentrate on "the list" and round them up. Frank's bags were packed and he was missing nothing. I have enclosed a photo of Bill's items in which there was a lot of editing out since he had an over-abundance of stuff from his previous climbs on Mt Ranier and Mt Whitney.

Denni and Tony came by with their clipboards to make note of several last "to do's" and also to drop off our new down jackets from Eddie Bauer - a little plug here that our good friend and ski instructor Reggie Crist in Sun Valley has been hired as senior consultant for this company to design their winter athletic gear. In future photos I hope you will take notice of us all happy happy amongst the possible rain & snow, but still smiling since we are warm and dry ---I chose a red jacket so you can pick ME out from the crowd!

As a final item to toss in the duffel bags you will note my high-tech ear plugs, needed to ensure a good night's sleep despite what I'm sure will be some snoring from either inside my tent, or from the other tents. Personally, I thought my ear plug solution to be rather ingenious, do you agree? (ok ok it's my toilet paper but who wants to talk about that?)