June 4 - Revelstoke, BC - 7AM

It was a stormy, restless night. The wind was whipping through the valley....

It sounds like a horror movie, but it is the beginning of my story from last night. I was camped by the highway with trucks and trains rolling by all night. I woke up around 4:30am, and I was on the road by 5:45. Now I am sitting in a cafe in Revelstoke, waiting for Coopers Foods to open so I can get some supplies for the climb up to Rogers' Pass. Word on the street is that heavy rains are coming, which bodes ill for Derek and I, but by hook or by crook we will both make it, I am sure.