more Mendenhall - from Saturday 3

I enjoy the quiet, the cold and the personality of the weather at the Glacier. It can be cold and sunny, windy, cloud cover, sun popping through the clouds and it can have a blustery and dangerous wind blowing off the Glacier just challenging me to come closer so it can kill me. I have had the winds blow me backwards at zero degrees as I got close to the Glacier. It was at that point that I got the hint to back off and did. The wind blew me back to the car. I will go out to the Glacier later today when there are lots of people checking it out. I personally prefer being the first person out there but am hoping to get some pictures of the Glacier in sunshine so maybe this afternoon. I was thinking of using the tele-mark skis to climb a mountain but that would be work and I think I need more endurance before I hit a decent mountain trail. Because the snow was so late in coming, I am not in the best of shape. It is like I am just starting ski season and need to get in better shape to do what I want to do. I do not want to get injured because I did too much without being in good enough shape.