We slept maybe... At least I did. The wind howled all night. I had ear plugs. Most everyone else laid awake wondering if our tents would blow away. I wondered if we would really try to summit in such freezing windy conditions. But we did. The rock was freezing. Ice in the cracks. The first up hill after the saddle was brutal. So steep. Then we started the rock climbing.
Just at the last moment before we summited we got in the sun shine. Owen Spalding route did not beat us! even if Darren and I had black garbage sacks on to keep us warm.
Coming down was so fast. There were several places to rappel and that was that. We were chilled!
Feet were tired... great to soak them in the river back where it was warm!
And as we drove away- INCREDIBLE! We were on top of that Grand Teton!
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