One bite on the hand...I was covered up and trying to move at a pace that wouldn't let them track me...the cold weather may have kept them down and I'm hoping the cold weather will have killed off a batch...my pants were Permethrin and I had a shirt in the pack, but never used it...
RE: the chute I was trying to down climb...No, it was snow and would have required an axe and crampons, which I was not carrying...only took poles (one broken by this time) and micros...
I wouldn't try Forester without at least Micros...there were plenty of people without, including some in "tennis shoes"...foolhardy in my opinion...
I camped "below" the Tydall Creek Crossing and "below" Upper Vidette Meadow, so 11k+ and 10k+...
BTW: I'm going to start a thread on "Great Camping Spots"...I've been to 2 in the past few weeks...The Balcony at the Tarns above Guitar Lake and what I'm calling "East Vidette View" below Upper Vidette...
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