After reaching Shelf Road in the early hours of the morning, everyone worked to get our tents and tarps pitched so we could get some sleep. In the morning Jake spearheaded possibly the greatest achievement of our time, cooking bacon on a slab of rock.
After breakfast we hiked a half mile or so up a fairly steep slope to reach Mense's Prow where we did our first climbing of the day. Due to the difficulty of many of routes we were only able to climb a little here, but after running into an regular he pointed us to Cactus Peak. It took us a while to work our way over because it was on the other side of the park but the climbing was worth it and we plan to return tomorrow.
The massive changes in height in the hikes to the climbing crags were brutal and left everyone totally wiped out, but fortunately the elevation changes on the PCT are not as severe as it is also graded for horses.
Tomorrow: Striking camp in the morning then climbing until we drive up to Boulder to crash with our friend Kelsey in anticipation of our early flight on Wednesday.
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