December 23, 2011

The sweat lodge



What was supposed to be our coldest night camping along our 40 mile trek turned into an at first pleasant then uncomfortable surprise. Support crew had equipped our army surplus tent with a stove the could have heated an entire house. Within an hour of our arrival, the stove was red hot. Patrick cooking up some snacks and within ten minutes the tent was about 100 degrees. As you can imagine, with the shape of the tent, no one wanted to stand up. For cooking duties, we pulled straws determining who would do the honors of standing over the stove.



In the middle of the night, with temperatures still in the tropical region, one cabinhopper summed it up, "I knew that this was going to be a trip where I would unwind from finals, but I didn't know that a cleanse was part of it as well!"

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