>>2184873I would have probably just done some sketchy climbing to get out otherwise, but I was with my short legged gf so stayed put. not that it was a life threatening situation. Brought all the appropriate kit to keep me warm(ish) even while wet. It was just uncomfortable as fuck.
But yeah nah basically no way in hell to get down safely and we were both soaked already and not getting any warmer so, only thing to do was slap down the tarp and change into semi dry stuff, boil some water and wrap self in sleeping bag + foil blanket. Around that time was when the pegs pinged out of the ground and I had to try stuff everything in a dry bag to minimise how soaked it got and run around shirtless putting the tarp back up, this time gathering more rocks to weigh pegs down.
Everything I had with me got pretty damp but not entirely soaked through thank fuck.
At some point in the night wind got even stronger, actually tore a massive gash in my tarp so the wind was coming in all night on top of damp gear/clothing it was pretty fucking chilly.
Early morning around 6am it chilled out, kept an eye on the main river crossing and as soon as it looked slow enough to risk I went for it. Started raining harder again a couple minutes after I was across lmao. None of this was in the forecast, so these days I bring a slightly heavier duty tarp and go a lot more overkill on the temp rating of my sleeping equipment. even if the weather is meant to be alright
And I will never use down insulated shit. Too easy to get soaked even if you think you're safe
