Arrived in Alamosa, CO. Grabbed my motel room and then reached out by phone to the Teems. Remember, it was Ed and Dave Teem that lead both Debbie and I up to the crash site in 1989. Ed and Linda invited me over to their home and I was treated to tea and dessert on their front porch. Dave and Wendy weren't available that evening and were missed. But I was grateful for the time to catch up with Ed and Linda, while the 3 of us tried to figure out where 31 years had gone.
I then mentioned to Ed that one of our new guides Sonny had mentioned that his folks were nearby and asked if we could reach out to them. He did and we were invited over to say hi. So Ed and I jumped in my rental car and headed over.
A little of the backstory for you is that when my cousin Chris told me of his desire to climb California Peak, I thought to myself, I most certainly would not remember the way. I hunted down Ed who said he could get us to the trailhead but his days of climbing that mountain had past. It wasn't a couple weeks later that he told me he knew of two brothers, both established hikers/climbers told him they would lead us up the mountain. These, our guides, are Sonny and Cody Yohn. Ed and I were driving to their parents right now.
We arrived and met Ken and Laureen Yohn. After meeting these two gracious and caring individuals it was easy to see that the apples didn't fall far from the tree. Their sons were about to take 7 guys (4 of them in their 50's), whom they didn't know (except by text and phone), up California Peak!!
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