HP40 - Rain Rain Rain.... and more Rain

posted by Drenched Saucisson #3

Climbers - Yusuf, Alex, Hannah, Little John, Calvin, Angie and Meghan

Rain, and more rain. It sucked.

Oh, we were so excited. Thanksgiving Dinner was great, then, with careful precision and planning, we were ready to go by 10pm. We broke the trip down (8 hrs) into 2 segments, knowing it would be foolish to drive all night. Turns out, we should have.

We drove a total of 16 hrs to climb a few warmups before getting dumped on by the mother of all storms. Ok, it wasn't that bad, but it was a steady downpour. After almost 24 hours of non-stop rain, with the forecast looking bad, we bailed on Saturday afternoon and headed home, tails between our collective legs.

Sometimes, the weather just doesn't cooperate. In case you wondered, we did check the weather before heading down, and it looked like one day of rain, with two days of climbing - we thought that was reasonable. HP40 also dries out fairly quickly (or so we thought). Anyways, better luck next time.