Moonscape

Brook’s Journal:  I never realized it was day 18 until I wrote this.  Time goes so fast!  The walking was pretty fun today because it is shrubby and open.  We got here by 11:00 and we weren’t sure what to do with ourselves.  When we were resting (which was most of the day) I didn’t feel very good but when we went out and took a walk I felt great.  For our walk, we went on the trail to Island Peak.  The terrain is so glaciated that it is only big mounds of gravel and it looks like you’re on the moon!

In the hotel we saw a Russian group renting gear for their Island Peak expedition.  Most of the people didn’t even know how to put a harness on and they were about to attempt a Himalayan peak!