THIS IS A LONG STORY'S WITH ONLY NAMES AND DETAILS CHANGE TO PROTECT IDENTITY. THIS WAS A CAMPING TRIP BUT SOME TIMES WHEN YOUR YOUNG YOU ONLY HEAR THE FUN AND TENTS NOT THINKING OF THE TREK,RUCK ETC I ONLY THOGHT OF THIS AFTER 23 YEARS DUE TO ANOTHER HIKING,RUCK STORY BACK IN GERMANY THAT HAD SIMILIAR SITUATION. WELL WE'RE HIKING IT WASNT BAD I WASN'T IN BEST SHAPE BUT THERE WERE BREAKS NOBODY HAD TO SAT KEEP UP YET...I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW LONG WE WERE OUT THERE MAYBE 6 DAYS OUR DROP OFF WAA DIFFRENT THEN PICKED UP. WHEN WE FIRST DROVE THERE WAS A COTTAGE I LATER SEE THIS SETBUP IN MOVIES ITS SOLID WOOD TYPICAL RUSTIC DECOR. I REMEMBER HEARING THE DONNER PARTY STORY IT WASNT TO FAR. ALONG THE TREK WE FOUND LOG CABIN I THOGHT INSTANTLY I HOPE WE GET TO SEE IT, WE SURE DID IT WAS AWESOME NOTHING INSIDE BUT IT WAS AT LEAST 1870 MAYBE 1900 BUT I DID SEE THAT I NOW KNOW WAS 70S BEER CANS PULL TABB MAYBE SPAM OR CAN FOOD .SO THERE WERE ADVENTURE SENSE IN AIR NOW ALTHOUGH ACHY FROM USING MUSCLE NOT USED THERE WASNT THAT SENSE TO QUIT YET! SO THERE A BUNCH OF US THERE WAS 3 GIRLS 3 GUYS ME SEVERAL GUIDES I BELIEVE IT WAS CHRISTIAN THEME ALTHOUGH AT TIME I WASN'T INTERESTED IN HEARING THEM I WAS EXHAUSTED AFTER THE HIKE ON 4 TH DAY I KNOW NOW I ALMOST GOT HYPOTHERMIA WE WERE WALKING THROUGH ROCKS BIG GIANT SLABS IT LOOKED LIKE SQUARE IT GOT DANGEROUS BUT I STAYED IN GAME THIS WAS WHEN I KNEW I HAD TO STEP MY GAME UP THERE WAA A GUIDE NOW SAYING KEEP UP. ONE OF THE GIRLS THAT WAS OUT OF SHAPE WAS BREATHING LOUD AND MAYBE EXERGERATE BUT I THINK LACK WORDS AND BIENG PHSYCICALLY TESTED SHE SAYS I CAN'T DO THIS THEY MOTIVATE HER WERE BACK ON SADDLE ,A LITTLE LATER THERE WAS A STREAM THE GUIDES I THINK HAD US WASH UP MSYBE DRINK THE WATER . I FOUND A GOAT SKULL, SHOWED TO ALL IT WAS NOW LIKE A TEAM THE SKY WAS FULL STARS MANY NEVER SEEN LIKE ME IT SHOOTING STARS,WE MADE OUR OWN FOOD MORE HOT CHOCOLATE THAN I CAN REMEMBER, I DIDN'T COME BACK SKINNY WE DID HAVE LOTS SNACKS TOO GAS STATION STOP WHERE I PICKED UP PULL STRING POPPER THAR WERE LOUD AND TAKEN BY GUIDE. I KNOW ONE OF THE GUIDES NOW WAS EXTREMELY LEFTIST AND WHEN WE WERE TREKKING SHE MOUTHED OFF AT HUNTER SHOOTING A SHOT IN DISTANCE BUT THAT STARTLED ME AS WELL AT TIME .THE GUIDE SHOWED UP HOW DIG TOILET ,WE FOUND THE PERFECT SPOT JUST A LIGHT DENSE AREA IT LOOKED AS NO ONE WAS THERE BEFORE BUT A MINI CITY ONCE TENTS WENT UP. THE TOILET WAS A TREE TIPPED. WELL WE ARE PAST MID WEEK OF THE TRIP. MANY BLISTER ACHES BUT NOW WE TREK THROUGH A AREA WHERE GUIDE SAID WE HAVE TO PICK UP PACE NOW I'M A LIL FLUSTERED I'M AT MAX PACE BUT NOT A FEW MINUTES LATER I SEE A TREE SMOLDERING OTHER SPLIT IN HALF AND A GIANT CLOUD 🌥 WE ARE TRYNG TO ESCAPE THE LIGHTNING EVEN THE GUIDES WERE CONCERNED BUT IT WENT TO PLAN I THINK OUT EXPERIENCE THEY KNEW WE HAD TO GET HELL OFF THAT MOUNTAIN IT MAY BEEN HIGH ELEVATION TOO. NOW THE TREK I'M READY TO BE OVER MAYBE 2ND TO LAST DAY THE GIRLS THAT WE HAD TO MOTIVATE IS NOW RAISING HELL SAYING SHE CAN'T GO ANY FURTHER I THINK SHE MAY SAID JUST LEAVES ME BUT WITH OUT DOUBT I REMEMBER WANTING TO TELL GUIDE STOP LET ME RECUPERATE I ALSO KNOW I HAD PREPARED WELL MAYBE OVER PACK BUT ANY WAYS NO MOTIVATION IS WORKING BUT IT GOT SO BAD WITH ALL MELODRAMATIC I THOGHT A HELICOPTER WAS GOING TO HAVE TO RESCUE HER I THINK ALL GUIDE TOOK HER GEAR SHE JUST WALKED THE REST TREK I STILL HAVE THE GOAT SKULL SOME PHOTO OF TRIP SOME WHERE.
