Sierra La Vigilancia – Day 4
Saturday, August 13th, 2005Aug 4, 2005 – Thurs
The clouds and the rain were very impending today. We decided to hike instead of climb, due to the unpredictable weather conditions.
We hiked up to the top of the sierra and around the top, and pulled the quickdraws from the route we toproped 2 days ago.
The top of the sierra was lush in some areas, forrested, and with tall grass in other places. In the tall grass, much of it was muddy. Oh, and it was freakin´cold!!! Very windy at the top as well.
We hiked down through a forest where we founda really neat waterfall that had carved away the rock. We hiked on down, following the water to another set of waterfalls. We weren´t sure of the way out through the forest, so we went back on top and down the way we were familiar with.
In the evening, it poured down rain. Mauricio´s mom and friend were at the refugio, so we all hung out while it poured. They cooked dinner for us too, which was nice. They are very sweet. As Mauricio says, his mom is a little bit crazy — but she was pretty funny.
Marisa