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BACK TO SHORT STORY REGESTERY
THE BACK PACKING HIKE TRIP
I LOVE TO BACK PACK AND CAMP OUT IN WILDS.TO DO THIS YOU NEED TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT SIMPLE CAMPING.
CAMPING IS NEVER SIMPLE .JUST TAKE LOT THINKING AND LEARN FROM MISTAKES YOU MADE.ONE THING I ALWAYS DO CARRY LIGHT RADIO,AND
LOT MATCHES LIGHTERS ,AND MAKE SURE HAD COUPLE KNIFES WITH ME .KNIFE IS MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN HAVE WITH YOU.
I WENT TO THIS VALLEY UP HIGH MOUNTAINS ,DO SOME TROUT FISHING,KIND PLACE VERY FEW MEN EVER BEEN TO BECAUSE IT RUFF
AND SECLUDED FROM EVERY DAY TRAFFIC.TOOK ALL DAY GET THERE,AND I WAS ON TRAIL FIRST DAY LIGHT WITH MY ALICE BACK PACK,AND
WALKING STICK.GOING WAS RUFF BUT THERE WAS TRAIL,GOOD ONE FOR TRAILS.GOT THERE LAST DAY MAYBE HOUR HALF BE FORE SUN SET CLOSE
TO 5,000 FOOT LEVEL,THIS VALLEY WAS SO NICE IT WAS BREATH TAKEN ..DOWN THREW MIDDLE WAS A BROOK,AND COLD RUNNING WATER .THERE
WAS BIG GAME HERE TO SO HAD MY 1911 45 ON HIP NEVER KNOW IF SOMETHING WANT TO HAVE YOU FOR SUPPER.PUT MY FLY UP AND PUT SACK
IN BE TWEEN TWO BIG PINES ALL SET IN CASE LITTLE RAIN SHOW UP,BUT THE WEATHER REPORT SAID MIGHT BE SOME SHOWERS ,BUT STAY
WARM THREW THE WEEK.
NEXT MORNING I HAD MY FIRE UP COOKING SOME BREAKFAST,LITTLE SPAM AND EGGS HUM SMELL GOOD AND HOT COFFEE,TEMP WAS
IN LOWER 50S HAD MY HEAVY JACKET OWN WITH IN SIDE LINER SO THIS NO PROBLEM.OPEN UP MY ALICE PACK GOT RADIO AND LEAN BACK AND
LISTEN TO SOME STATION FROM SMALL TOWN 50 MILES AWAY.HAD COUPLE PACKAGES AA BATTERIES SO THIS NO PROBLEM TO USE RADIO..WASH
DISHES UP AND COOK PAN STUCK BACK BESIDE PACK AND PULL OUT MY FISHING ROD ,,THIS WAS SPECIAL ROD THAT TELESCOPE OUT.TOOK
RADIO AND ROD AND BATE DOWN TO BROOK.SET RADIO ON ROCK LISTEN TO.AND FLIP OUT THE BATE AND SHORT TIME HAD NICE RAINBOW ON
STRINGER.AS SUN GOT HIGH IN SKY I NOTICE IT SEEM TO GET COLDER INSTEAD WARMER. WELL HIT MY SECOND TROUT,NICE ONE MAYBE 1 1/2
LB JUST RIGHT.IT WAS THEN RADIO CAME IN AND SAID PARK RANGER ISSUE WARNING TO ALL CAMPERS ,THAT SIBERIAN COLD FRONT COMING
DOWN FROM CANADA AND GET TO LOW ELEVATIONS..WELL CRAP HERE I AM A GOOD DAY HIKE OUT AND HALF DAY GONE ALREADY.I,M SURE TO
BE COUGH BE FORE GET OUT..CANN'T STAY.CANN'T MAKE IT OUT.GOT FINE PLACE TO HOLD OUT.I REMEMBER SEE WHAT LOOK LIKE CAVE 5 MILES
BACK DOWN THE TRAIL.MIGHT HOLD UP THERE UN TILL STORM BLOW OVER.BOOTS ARE GOOD ,BUT NOT SNOW BOOTS THEY BE WET AND SOAK THREW
IN SHORT TIME WHEN STORM HITS.
SO I TOOK BOOTS OFF AND PUT ZIP LOCK BAGS OVER FEET SO THEY WANT GET WET.BEST I CAN DO FOR THEM NOW , GOT THREE PAIR
SOC IN PACK SHOULD KEEP THEM DRY FOR NOW.TOOK DOWN CAMP AND PUT TARPS IN PACK ALONG WITH ROPE I USE AND COOKING GEAR RADIO
AND THE FISH.PUT THEM IN ZIP LOCK BAGS ,,HELL THEY WANT RUIN AS COLD ITS GOING TO GET.. JUST HOPE MAKE CAVE ,SKY IS DARK NOW
,GOTTEN LOT COLDER ICE FORMING IN SPOTS ON BROOK. SO ITS ALREADY AT FREEZING.
BACK PACK ON WALKING STICK IN HAND STARTED DOWN TRAIL WHEN FIRST SNOW FLAKE CAME DOWN.WIND WAS GETTING UP NOW PINES
SWAYING BACK AND FORTH,AND I'M IN DEEP DO,DO I THOUGHT,HELL PLACE FOR THE ME.2 MILES DOWN THE TRAIN IT WAS COMING DOWN HEAVY
BIG FLAKES AND WIND GETTING UP MORE.GOT MAKE IT THERE BE FORE WHITE OUT ,ITS COMING I KNEW THAT.ROUND THE BEN AND LOOK UP
SEEN CAVE UP SLOPE 40 FEET .NOW GET UP THERE WHILE I CAN, BOOTS AND PANTS LEGS FROZEN BUT FEET STILL GOOD THINKS FOR THE BAGS.
GOT UP TO MOUTH THE CAVE AND WORK ME IN THREW SMALL OPEN .AND SLIP TO SIDE, AWAY FROM WIND.NOW THIS FEELS BETTER,LOT BETTER
LIKE A HEAT WAVE FORM WHERE I BEEN.LIGHT WAS GONE ,SO HIT MY LIGHT SEE WHATS WE HAD ,AND SHOCK, THERE WAS BEAR SLEEPING IN
HERE .I THOUGHT SEEN EYE OPEN.WELL HELL WE JUST HAVE TO SHARE .I'M NOT GOING ANY WHERE, OUT THERE I'M DEAD.SO LEAN BACK,AND
THOUGHT THIS HELL MESS I'M IN.I PULL 45 SLOWLY COCK IT PUT SAFETY ON.LAY ED IT IN MY LAP,AND THOUGHT I LET YOU BE, IF LET
ME BE.. GOING BE COLD CAMP TO NIGHT
A FIRE SURE STAIR THAT BLACK BEAR UP.THE LIGHT DIDN,T SEEM TO BOTHER IT.HOPE THE FISH ARE FROZEN AND IT CANN,T SMELL
THEM.
THAT NIGHT IT STORM AND SNOW THE HEAVY COAT KEEP ME WARM AND LEGS WERE WHAT WAS COLD .I LAY ED TENT OVER THEM AND
DOUBLE FOLD IT.THATS LOT BETTER.I COULD SWEAR THAT BEAR OPEN EYES AND CLOSE THEM AGAIN,YOU STAY THERE ,I STAY HERE .BESIDE
I FIRE THAT 45 IN HERE, BUST MY EAR DRUMS ,AND IT WOULD BE LIKE THAT TOO.SO TO SAY I DIDN,T SLEEP THAT NIGHT AT ALL..STORM
BLEW OUT CLOSE TO 6 THAT MORNING,
WELL I MADE IT THREW ,THIS PART,NOW GET MY BUT OUT HERE AND HOME.SO SLIP OUT CAVE OPEN,AND THOUGHT, REACH IN
PACK. THERE WAS TWO TROUT IN THERE.AND STILL HAD ALL SPAM AND SASUAGE IN CAN .SO AS THINK YOU, LEFT THE FISH IN CAVE ,MAYBE
STUPID,OR SOME THING ,BUT I STAYED WITH BEAR THAT NIGHT AND IT DIDN,T TRY EAT ME,WORTH SOMETHING.ON TRAIL FOR HOUR ,THEN SLIP
LIKE FELL DOWN THE MOUNTAIN. WHEN I GOT MY SELF BACK UP AND BACK TO SCENES .I NOTICE MY 45 GONE,WELL HAD IT WHEN STARTED .IF
ITS DOWN THERE NO FINEING IT NOW..
LOT SNOW ON TRAIL AND HAVEING TO STEP HIGH GET THREW IT THIS IS NOT GOOD.PROBING WITH MY WALKING POLE MAKE SURE I
DIDN,T STEP IN HOLE GOING WAS TUFF, HARD ON LEGS AND ME.MADE IT DOWN TO SMALL FLAT SPOT WITH SOME TREES THERE .I THOUGHT THIS
IS BEST SPOT TO CAMP,GOT SOME DAY LIGHT LEFT AND SHELTER IN TREES HERE NOT MUCH DOWN TRAIL FROM HERE ..
MAKEING CAMP HERE WAS GOOD IDEAL .CUT LIMBS WITH BIG BOWIE KNIFE MADE LING TUB.PUT A TARP OVER TOP AND PILE SNOW
ON TOP AND AROUND IT BLOCK WIND.LAY ED MY OUTER TARP IN SIDE SO KEEP FROM GETTING WET AFTER SCOOP ALL SNOW I COULD OUT IN
SIDE ,NOW GOT DRY PLACE TO LAY OUT WIND ,FEET WERE COLD TOOK BOOTS OF FEET WET BOOTS WET,TOOK OFF SOXS RUB FEET GET CIRCULATION
IN THEM.TOOK OFF WET SOXS TIED IN KNOT AND HUNG THEM AROUND MY NECK TO DRY WITH BODY HEAT.GOT DRY SOXS ON AND REPLACE BAG
WITH NEW BAGS .PUT BOOTS BACK ON,, NOW GET ME A FIRE.STUMBLE AROUND OUT IN TREES HACKING OFF LIMBS AND GETTING PINE COMES
UP AND ENOUGH MAKE GOOD FIRE .NOW GET IT GOING,IN MY PACK HAD CAN OF CAN HEAT.I LITE IT WITH LIGHTER AND ADDED PINE COMBS,
AND LIMBS HAD IT GOING GOOD AND STUCK BOOTS CLOSE AND WARM THEM UP..AFTER GETTING BOOTS DRY ,GOT A THOUGH , IF RUB THEM DOWN
WITH THAT GREASE JELL I GOT IN FIRST AID KIT FOR RASHES AND ABRASIONS THEY BE WATER PROOF . SO DID THAT.EAT SOME FROZEN SPAM
,HELL HAD SPAM ROAST HAD IT ON STICK AND COOK IT THAW IT OUT SAME TIME.AFTER EATING SPAM I HAD CUP COFFEE,NOW THIS IS LOT
BETTER I THOUGHT, BUT KEEP GETTING FEELING THAT I,M NOT ALONG, SOME THING AROUND HERE WATCHING ME ..TOOK TWO THE LIMBS I CUT
THEY WERE PINE I PULL THEM IN LOOP AND TIES TO ENDS TOGETHER WITH FISHING LINE PUT HEAVY WRAP ON THEM.THEN SOME STRONG STICK
ACROSS THEM AFTER WHILE HAD WHAT LOOK LIKE A KINDA SNOW SHOE.MADE TO USE TENT ROPE TO MAKE TIE ON WITH,NOW SEE HOW WE DO..I
ALSO TOOK MY BIG BOWIE KNIFE AND ATTACH IT TO TOP WALKING STICK.NOW GOT SPEAR ,, I ALSO HAD SOME WORLD FAMOUS DUCK TAPE.WHICH
I ALSO PUT WRAP ON IT MAKE SURE IT STAYED,..MAYBE TWO DAYS FROM GETTING OUT.SLOW GOING IN SNOW.BUT MORE I GO LESS THERE BE
.. WHAT I'M HOPEING ..
HAD NICE WARM CAMP THAT NIGHT BEEN IN COLD FOR COUPLE DAYS ,,I NEEDED THIS,FOR SURE,BROKE CAMP GOT MY TARPS AND
PUT BACK IN BACK PACK,AND TRY ED OUT SNOW SHOES BOY THEY GREAT LOT BETTER THAN HIGH STEPPING IN SNOW.STARTED DOWN THE TRAIL
STILL HAD THIS FEELING.SOME THING WAS WITH ME. CAME AROUND THE BEN AND SOME THING HIT ME IN BACK AND KNOCK ME DOWN .I ROLL
UP ON MY BACK TO FINE A MOUNTAIN LION LOOKING WE IN EYE 10 FEET AWAY ,REACH GOT HAND ON MY WALKING STICK AND PULL IT TO ME.ABOUT
THAT TIME LION CHARGE ME .PULL UP THE STICK WITH KNIFE ONE IT WHEN CAT JUMP AT ME HE GOT IT RIGHT IN CHEST.AND I MADE SURE
I WORK IT AROUND HERT HIM AS BAD I COULD AND NOW THERE WAS A DEAD CAT.STILL IN SHOCK . I CHECK SEE WHAT DAMAGE HE DONE ,TOOK
OFF MY ALICE BACK PACK IT WAS RIP.IT TOOK THE PUNISHMENT.I HAD NO CHOICE BUT GO BACK TO OLD CAMP AND FIX IT SOW IT UP WITH
FISHING LINE AND HOOK.SO WENT BACK SET UP MY OLD CAMP STARTED FIRE .THEN CUSS THE CAT..WELL I THOUGHT HEY HE GOT FUR COAT.SO
WENT BACK DOWN TRAIL DRUG THE CAT BACK UP TO CAMP
SKIN IT ,MADE ME CAP OUT HIDE WITH FUR IN,AND SET SOX FUR IN,, EVEN GOT SET GLOVES, ALL SOWED TOGETHER WITH FISHING
LINE,AND FISH HOOK NEEDLE. WELL LITTLE REST WANT HERT,WAS ON CAMPING TRIP,SO AM EQUIPT FOR IT ONLY NOT FOR WINTER.,GOOD DAY
AND NIGHT,WITH GOOD FIRE ,AND LOT MORE TO EAT,NO I DIDN,T EAT THE CAT,BUT HE WOULD HAD ME FOR LUNCH I THINK THAT WAS HIS PLAIN
ALL TIME..I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING HERE WITH ME NEVER SEEN IT.GUESS THE FIRE KEEP IT AWAY..SOW UP PACK AND IT WORK UP GOOD,BOY
IT SAVE ME TOOK LOT RIPPING FROM MOUNTAIN LION CLAWS.HEAR I AM GOT MAYBE ONE MAY TWO DAYS MORE HERE ,TRY AGAIN TOMORROW.
BROKE CAMP WORK MY WAY DOWN TRAIL,SEEMS LITTLE WARMER OR WAS IT THE NEW CAT FUR HAT AND GLOVES AND SOXS. WORK ALL
DAY DOWN THE TRIAL MAKEING LOT BETTER TIME ,NOW ,SNOW NOT AS DEEP.WONDER IF ANY BODY LOOKING FOR ME ?GUESS NOT[ ORPHAN.]AND
LONGER,ALWAYS HAD THIS WORLD BY TAIL ALONG.CAME TO LAST HURDLE AND CLIMB DOWN THE 30 FOOT IN BANKMENT.TO LOWER TRAIL.BACK
INTO ALICE BACK PACK AGAIN GET REST ROPE FROM BUNDLE. GOT ROPE LOOSE AND LET OUT ,HOLDING ON ONE END THREW REST DOWN IN BANKMENT.
TO MY SUP PRISE IT WAS LONG ENOUGH.TOOK MY END PUT WRAP AROUND TREE AND TIED A HANG MAN KNOT IN AROUND WAST.GRABBING
HOLD THE ROPE DOWN THE EN BANKMENT I WORK MY WAY DOWN WHEN GOT DOWN JUST PULL ROPE AND IT CAME DOWN.NOW HARD PART DONE JUST
GET TO MY CAR SNOW ONLY FEW INCHES DEEP,NOW,,BUT GOT MAKE CAMP SOON DAY LIGHT RUNNING OUT,,
STEEPING QUICKLY DOWN TRAIL,I CAME UP ON A MOUND IN TRAIL.
THIS WAS NOT HERE BEFORE I THOUGH.TAKEN A CLOSER LOOK SEEN A PART SHOE STICKING OUT UNDER SNOW.RAKE THE SNOW BACK THERE
WAS A MAN LAYING FACE DOWN,ROLL HIM OVER,THERE WAS ANOTHER PERSON UNDER HIM..CHECK OUT THE MAN HE WAS GONE ,FROZE TO DEATH.CHECK
ONE UNDER HIM ROLL IT OVER IT WAS A WOMAN.THERE WAS STILL SOME LIFE IN HER.SO MADE A LITTLER AND PUT HER ON IT GET OFF GROWN.WRAP
HER IN SOME TARP TO HELP HER KEEP BODY HEAT [WHAT SHE HAD].
STARTED A FIRE ON ONE SIDE OF HER GOT IT GOING GOOD AND PUT FIRE ON OTHER SIDE HER ,SHE WAS IN BETWEEN TWO CAMP FIRES.WELL
ALL I CAN DO NOW TRY GET SOME HEAT IN HER BODY,MADE COFFEE AND SET BY HER AND WATCH MAKE SURE THE FIRES STAYED NOT TOO BIG
OR LET GET SMALL. AFTER HOUR STARTED TO SEE SOME MOVEMENT,I TALK TO HER, TOLD HER STAY STILL UN TILL SHE GETS WARM ..I MADE
A SHELTER OUT STICKS AND OTHER TARP.AND SET ON LOG BY IT ,AND WONDER WHY ANT SOME ONE LOOKING FOR THEM..ME KNOW BODY KNOWS
I,M HERE.THEY MUST HAD PEOPLE. SHE WAS STARTING TO TRY TO SET UP.I WENT TO HER AND GAVE HER SIP COFFEE.SHE TOOK IT AND THEN
WANTED MORE OF IT ,, I GAVE IT TO HER TOLD HER DRINK SLOWLY.
WHEN SHE THREW ,TOOK CUP ADDED SOME ONION SOUP TO IT ADD WATER SET CLOSE TO FIRE,TO WARM.ASK HER WHY SHE OUT HERE?
SHE SAID BOY FRIEND AND HER WENT CAMPING AND HIRED GUIDE,AND WHEN SNOW STORM HIT, THE GUIDE FELL IN TO GULLY AND WAS
KILL, AND SHE AND BOY FRIEND HAD TO TRY TO MAKE IT BACK BY SELFS.SOUP WAS WARM AND GAVE IT TO HER. SHE DRINK IT DOWN TOLD
ME FINE HER BOYFRIEND ,, I SAID ALREADY FOUND HIM ..HE DIDN,T MAKE IT.LAST THING HE DID WAS GIVE HIS LIFE TO SAVE YOU.BY COVERING
YOU WITH HIS BODY.I FOUND HIM YOU WAS UNDER HIM. SHE SOB MOST NIGHT PUT HER IN MY SHELTER STAYED UP KEEPING THE FIRES GOING
SO SHE WARM UP..
EARLY NEXT MORNING AT CRACK DAWN. FIRST LIGHT I HEARD A CHOPPER .THROW MORE WOOD ON FIRE TO MAKE BIG FIRE THAT HE SPOTTED
EASY WHEN CAME OVER MOUNTAIN. PILOT SET IT DOWN ON TRAIL.I GRAB HER TOOK TO CHOPPER AND SHE WAS LIFTED OUT,BUT NO ROOM FOR
ME.TOLD PILOT HER BOY FRIEND WAS DEAD AND POINTED TO HIM.TOLD PILOT I WOULD STAY THERE FOR NEXT CHOPPER.THEY CAME PICK UP
THE DEAD BOYFRIEND AND ME .PILOT SAID THEY WANT PICK US UP FAST BECAUSE A MOUNTAIN LION BEEN ATTACKING CAMPERS ..I GRIN AND
WINK AT PILOT HE ATTACK HIS LAST ONE YESTERDAY,AND POINTED TO MOUNTAIN LION SKIN I USE FOR HAT..
THE END
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