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Show Russell Jacob 16 December 2009 MD: This is the camp back at the saddle? RJ: Yes, camp back at the saddle. So, we spent two nights at twenty thousand feet. I was happy to get back. Uh, my legs seemed to be like rubber coming down that first thousand feet. I mean, my legs just didn't want to work. MD: Um-hum. RJ: You know, going up, I was strong as anything. I mean, no problem. I mean, relatively, despite the, you know, the altitude, the conditions and everything, I felt pretty strong. But coming down, my legs just didn't move. It's like rubber. MD: Um-hum. RJ: But at a certain point, they kicked in, and I was fine. And, uh, we got back to camp, and we, John and I, had a nice big dome to relax in. And John was a ... good to have along on the trip. He was, uh ... didn't really side with anybody in particular. Uh, of course, climbers have a tendency to harness and build their egos a little bit. But he was a pretty mellow guy, and he was probably of the three the least experienced and was happy to be there. And I think we were all glad to have him because he was just a ... he was pretty solid. He was stable and, you know ... MD: And he was the other storyteller, like yourself, while you guys were bivied? RJ: Yes. Yeah, when we were in the crevasse, stuck in a ... trying to save our hides from the bad weather we were getting up on Tocllaraju .. .it was John that brought out some good jokes and kept the dialogue going. So, he was ... he was amazing. And, uh, John was tough in ... back at camp, too. I didn't have ... at that altitude, no one has an appetite. You just don't want to eat. You have to force yourself to eat. And John just. .. John did that. |
