Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Back Down

Both teams rested a few hours at Muir and came down to the base Thursday. Jim, Rob, and Tim left Denise a note at Cougar Rock and took off to catch a plane...Veru, Brad and I hiked down to Jackson Information Center and I caught a ride to Cougar Rock as well.

Imagine my surprise when all I found was Tim's note. No sleeping bags...and the neighbors said they didn't see anyone in the last three days!?

We got word at 4:45PM from Phillipe that Denise asked about us, so we knew she, Nate, and HR got down...but we didn't know where they were. Mark, the neighbor, very kindly drove me to Veru and Brad...and then to Paradise Inn. Sure enough, Denise and Nate were waiting there (all day).

They spent the night drying out with HR and his family (below). Thanks again, HR, for taking care of Denise and Nate as promised!

When we finally met up, it was late, we were tired, and a little perturbed. Brad came to the rescue with the "home away from home" chalet...with jacuzzi and all!?

We had some coolers, some dinner, a little more fun (Nate thought it would be funny to spray Brad and me with some rainwater from a tree and got a little "thank you wedgie" in return ;-).

Overall it was an awesome trip and great experience!

 
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4 comments:

Denise said...

Yeeeeeehaaaawww! What a fantastic trip and it keeps getting better the more I think about it.

Can't wait for the next one!

Denise

Denise said...

PS! Jakub, great job with the blog, too!

**kiss**

Veronika said...

Fantastic job on the blog, Jakube! Thanks for putting it together! I love re-living Rainier! Thanks to everyone for such an amazing experience - we're a great group! When is the next survival camp (I think Fia is now ready too, huh)?? ;~) Did someone say yurt & back-country skiing?

Denise K. said...

Veruuu...someone said "Summer fun is over. Need to get back to work" ;-)

Fia had a great survivor camp of her own and will be ready to join us on the next adventure, for sure!

J