Survival




One of my scariest adventures began benignly enough. I awoke later than usual on a Saturday and was reluctant to get out of bed due to unusually cold weather. A terrible foreshadowing of what would come later. . .

I planned on hiking and climbing 14 miles to reach the peak of a nearby mountain. That evening I would take photos of the rocky peak and camp farther down where the air was warmer. All went according to plan, until night fell.

After pitching camp, I returned to the peak to try some star trail photos. After setting up my camera and taking a few initial photos a light snow began to fall. As conditions worsened I was forced to retreat down the mountain, back to camp, hoping that the storm would not be so bad at lower altitudes.



I could not have been more wrong. In a matter of minutes the sky became an angry gray, swirling thickly in the darkness. Only now as sleet and snow blew horizontally, stinging my face did I grew afraid, realizing I had made a terrible mistake.

I knew I could not camp where I had initially planned. The area was far too open and a vicious wind was whipping my bedding apart. Gathering my supplies I hastened to find another place to spend the night. Perhaps in my only stroke of fortune that weekend occurred when I discovered a fallen tree that had a snow drift piled against one side and a clear space below. Throwing my tarps over the opening I crawled into the opening where I would spend the worst night of my life.

The temptation to make my way down the mountain and escape the storm was immense, but with only a small pocket flashlight and snow obscuring the trail I knew that becoming lost was more than likely. I could not count on finding such an excellent shelter a second time. And so for 13 hours I prayed for daylight.

I did not sleep a minute that night. During the storm the temperature plunged low enough to freeze my water bottles. I spent my time fighting the winds in an effort to keep my tarp in place. Being cold was one thing but I understood that if I became wet my odds of survival would be next to nothing. At some point during the night I even sacrificed the plastic bags protecting my camera from moisture, it was more important to keep my feet dry for tomorrow’s 14 mile descent.

At 6:15am when the first ray of sun made it over the horizon, I almost wept in relief. Although cold and miserable, I had lasted through the night, and while winds still blew and snow fell I knew that the light would guide me from this nightmare.



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I spent my life imagining myself a part of the adventures that I saw in movies. One day something just clicked and I realized that adventure wasn't a far off land, it was an attitude. So I got out and started to look at the world around me. It's more interesting than I had suspected.

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In another time explorers sought their fortunes in the far corners of the world.

Today, the world is mapped. There is little danger and adventure seems out of reach...



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undercurrents
casting the bones
mountain thief
the deer hunter
strange temple
sanctuary
burial pt. 3
burial pt. 2
burial pt. 1
scarlet fever
rebirth from hell
small cave
forsaken
the lower depths
in a hurry
underground lake
stretch sewer
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still waters
shadow movements
a house of cards
the mountains
meager rations
sw pt.8: geothermal + ending
sw pt.7: lost gold mines
sw pt.6: big tube caves
sw pt.5: gold!
sw pt.4: el calderon caves
sw pt.3: redondo
sw pt.2: ghosts
southwest adventure pt.1
spider
dark salvation
reflections
dreams
the underdark
the river
night odyssey
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