Stone Sheep Hunt Day 10 Aug 6 "DAY OFF"

 Well... It is really only a DAY OFF for Vikki.  Bryan is hiking down to Base Camp for Coffee and more supplies.  While he was gone Vikki collected fire wood and tried to get snow but got too frightened of the slope...  she got to 20 ft of the top of the snow but that was it....   she chipped the last snow from near camp and had a possible bath.  The only problem with camping in the Alpine is having to haul water back down the steep slope... real hard on the knees.  Vikki re braided her hair.  Norm, the helicopter pilot flow over our camp and headed back north.
It's too bad our camp is so far from the top.  Bryan's starting to mention his knees and yesterday he hit a rock hard on his left knee.  It is 4 km down to Base camp.  Bryan was back by 1:40.  Bryan had cleared more of the trail.  He mentioned a grizzly had chewed a lot of our trail ribbons down and shit right in the middle of the trail...  Bryan said "I never took a gun with me, so he missed his chance... Ha Ha."
After resting and a big pot of real coffee, Bryan made a bench and table.  He also went and got the snow Vikki was too chicken to get....   We filtered the melded snow in an old pillow case (game bags now).  Had rice, beans, corn and sausages Stew.  Early to bed.

Bryan Scoping the hillsides.