Prelude to the ascent of Static Peak. Even going up Static early in the season requires an ice axe (or a degree of gusto) in places. Fortunately this was late in the season. Still a damn long way up there though! Wednesday 26th slept till noon, then shook off the drowsyness and headed down to Jackson. Enroute my AC convertor that gives me 120v from the 12v of the car burnt out, and all of a sudden, within a day, I had gone from having 3 of these devices to only one (a robust one, but one ...