We started out around 8 Am in the morning.  We only had 6.3 miles to Trail Camp.  We packed our extra food in the bear box and lock all our extra gear in the car.  Mark and I left our tents up to secure the campsite.  We did this just in case we needed that extra night.  There is also a rule that you have to demonstrate that you are using the campsite.  We left Annie's SUV there as well. 

We walked over to the trailhead and weighed our packs - ARRRG- 42 lbs - ironically I would come down with the same weight (how did that happen you ask- WAG BAG - yuck).

We started our plod up the trail, making nice time to Outpost camp.  Folks were heading back down the trail from their various summit attempts.  Below the tree line it was quite pleasant although we were starting to see signs of the contamination from human waste - glacier lakes with heavy algae. 

Once above tree line it started to look like a moonscape - I am going to write NASA and tell them I found the perfect spot for them to train their astronauts for the next moon or Mars mission!

When we arrived at Trail Camp we noticed workers in their moon suites working on taking down the toilet facility.  We snagged the first four sites right their in the notch - our concern was it looked like the best spot for wind protection.  It was a good walk to get water, but there are always trade offs.  Once we set up camp, I scouted out a place as our privacy area over the top of the rock formation with a nice view of Consultation Lake. 

I started to get the shivers and I couldn't shake them.  I thought I was getting hypothermic, but after several layers the shivering wouldn't go away.  I stripped down and climbed into my zero degree bag, but the intermittent shaking would stop. I was actually sweating inside my tent.  That's when it hit me.  I remember I saw my hat with a heavy salt stains.  When I wiped my forehead it felt gritty with the salt.  I wasn't hypothermic; I was suffering from Hyponatremia.  I asked Mark to get the large bear canister to put my feet up and had him mix a super concentrated electrolyte mix.  I remembered I had taken in 3.5 liters (and it had a light electrolyte mix) but I left my salty snack back at car camp.  I recovered very quickly and some of the team offered up salty snacks.  Although on wonders if it wasn't Hypernatremia instead since I had shakes or convulsions - where is a doctor when you need one!

I was cracking jokes within 30 minutes.  Gave everyone a good scare though!

It was fairly warm that afternoon and we took time to bask in the sun.  A passing hiker noted that once the sun dipped over the ridge around 5 PM it was going to get cold - he wasn't kidding.  The sun set over the ridge around 5:30ish and it was like someone flipped a switch - it got cold quick.