DAY Two: Sunday

Filled to the brim with BBQ spareribs, medicinal beverages, and a grateful feeling because it had not rained... the Boys headed off to bed. "g", eager to get complete statistics for a field test of his down bag... set the alarm on his Suunto for 0400 hours to check the ambient temperature in his tent and compare it to his sense of comfort. Getting an accurate/subjective comfort rating of his bag at what ever the lowest temperature might be was crucial for determining if the bag was a keeper.

Over the course of the night, it was a wonder "g" slept at all. He tried every features of the bag... on his back, on each side, with and without the hood pulled tightly around his head, etc. When morning arrived, he concluded, "I love this bag!"

Wake-up arrived at 0700 sharp. AXE made sure the Boys would get an early start if they were to climb Mt. Marcy - NY's tallest peak. They were all eagerly anticipating breakfast to jump start their day!

"g" moseyed out of his tent. AXE offered a cautious inquiry of him, "Did you take the bag with breakfast? Do you have it in your tent?"

"Oh yea," "g" responded satirically, "I got up early... pulled down our three food bags from the bear cables, rummaged through them searching for breakfast, and then ran back to my tent before you got up at 0600... just to hide breakfast?"

OK. There was no breakfast... but, there would be. The role of head chef includes (only) a zillion potential setbacks... including the time in the Grand Canyon when"g" (responsible for cooking dinners) thought he left the (only) matches home. Anywho, there was plenty of breakfast food. There was a container of oatmeal cookies, fruit (2-apples), breakfast meat (leftover pepperoni), OJ and left over Italian bread which Jim and AXE toasted over their one-burner stove using a fork.

Sunday was beautiful. Got to Paint a Picture Jim and I'm Not Going to Carry your 35-Pound Canvas Tent George day hiked to check-out Mt.Colden's slide of 1-year ago and to view the 15-foot wall of debris the rangers cut through to open the trail to Avalanche Lake and beyond. AXE and "g" climbed Mt. Marcy. The day concluded with heading back to the SUV around 1600 hours, a quick shower for "g" at the LOJ, and then off to Purdy's in Keene for some home made cookin'!