It's funny what it takes for something to FINALLY get through to me. I'm in the final planning for a Mt. Shasta trip. I'm going to have to spend a couple of days at altitude to see if I can adjust to the elevation more to see if my blood oxygen level increases to more acceptable levels.
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I've done these trips before both with and without other people. The times I've been by myself I've been miserable at camp - missing Terri, missing my dogs. I have a great time talking to people there at Horse Camp and higher, but when I am in camp I get lonely. And after the trip, it's funny how quickly I forget that. I've been planning this trip for a months now and while this must have been in the back of my brain at the time I was completely committed to figuring out this altitude issue that I appear to have (low blood oxygen at altitude) I get obsessed with the details and I forget but just now as I'm in the middle of putting everything together (see photo) - it hits me. I don't want to go like this. I want Terri with me. Of course it's logistically too late for this trip so we're looking at next year but I'm amazed at just how blind I can be sometimes.
So Terri agree to go next year and I'm kicking myself for being SO dern slow at getting this. Who knows I could change my mind again (not leaving for a couple of days) and I'll still go, but instead will likely ski or day climb, both of which don't answer my altitude questions. We are going to Mt. Whitney in a couple of weeks so I'll get a chance to research it them. But it's crazy making how conflicted I am about this. I love climbing, but am unwilling to pay the price of time to make myself successful at it.
Good thing I'm not out of any money, but this is frustrating.
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Some things I like doing by myself. Camping in the wilderness, not quite so much.
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