I was told we were only going to hike a mile or a mile and a half. And maybe that’s only as far as we did hike, but it seemed to take us quite a long time.
Our guide could hike. I can hike. Rebecca can hike. Kelsey had hiked before, in Hawaii, where she is from. Ron used to be able to hike, but he has slowed down quite a bit. This isn’t really a huge problem except that at Ron’s pace I could not keep my extremities warm. If we stopped for a break I had to do jumping jacks or keep walking around everyone in circles. It helped that Ron is awesome, not to keep me warm, but to keep my attitude positive.
This day we did catch a break. It warmed up, the sun came out. We pitched camp and had those tundra moments that I’ll remember for as long as I can hold onto them. Everything dried out. We saw wolves. We went for a short day hike up a short peak near where we had spotted the wolves.
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