Now we had left the forest behind and walked at first through alpine meadows.Then, as we approached 5,000 feet, the vegetation disappeared and we reached bare rock scoured and eroded by snow and ice.
Although we had started tramping in sunshine the weather began to change. By the time we arrived at Surveyor's Peak the mist was swirling in.
It was after we'd eaten our packed lunch in a sheltered hollow near the summit that Sam announced that the fastest way to get down and out of the mist was to walk down the nearest scree slope. After a quick lesson in transversing and then staying upright while going down I found myself ahead of the pack because Lawson and Sam hung back, encouraging the other 2. I wasn't alone though; Bruce slid alongside me all the way.
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