Yes, there were. It was mighty cold. The wind was strong at times. And the worst hardship came when, Luis Pena, who was outfitting it, we were using his trucks and he was providing the food and all for us, for me, I was the only outsider there. When we got down to our first dinner and his primary course was canned anchovies. If there’s anything in this world I can’t stand, it’s canned anchovies. So there I was 14,200 feet in the Andes, snow coming in at times and very little to eat. It was probably good for me.
