legos or the movie go?
From Sunday to Monday we (where we is a large group of guys) went on a hike in the Catskills. After some rushed planning and preparation, we finally set off on Sunday afternoon. The drive was long and tough:
As we approached the campsite, the hunger pangs became too great. We needed to stop and eat. Someone must have seen a food sign as we approached Exit 109 on Route 17. Suddenly we found ourselves in front of the most excellent pizza place on Earth: Pizza the Rock. Ethan rushed to capture this moment forever:
That night we set up camp, built a fire, had a glorious meal, and shivered in our sleeping bags. All in all, it was quite an experience. However, most of the real fun happened the next day.
We decided to take a hike. As you will see in an upcoming diagram, the trail took the form of an oval. It crossed over a mountain, making the first half a constant uphill climb, and the second half mostly downhill relaxation. As we entered the second half, we began looking for shortcuts across the middle of the forest. Finally, we took one.
Getting Lost 2004: An Illustrated Guide
On the map, point 1 represents where we decided to take our shortcut from the trail. We climbed off the cleared path, then practically ran downhill through the forest with little care for moving in the proper direction. After running for some arbitrarily too long period of time, we reached a general consensus that we were lost. We also reached a general consensus that no one had a functioning cell phone nor a functioning compass. Finally, we reached a general consensus that, generally, we should turn around.
The aforementioned general consensuses were all reached at point 2.
The trek back consisted mainly of our climbing back over the areas we had gleefully run down earlier. I never worried that we wouldn’t make it back to the trail, but I knew with near certainty that getting back would take more effort than I wanted to spend. Indeed, this part of the hike was truly challenging. On the other hand, looking back, it was undoubtedly the most exciting part of the trip. After lots o’ intense climbing, we reached a sort of peak. Within a few minutes we had found the trail, and we celebrated like all hell. Celebration occurred at point 3.
Our shoes were wet, our shirts were damp, and our camera batteries were dead. We made our ways, in stages, back to the cars. On the way back, we completed the hiking circle of life by stopping once more at Pizza the Rock. All in all, an amazing trip.
A last word. Sifting through our pictures, we found this one, taken by persons unknown. Here it is, for the audience’s consumption:
August 1st, 2007 at 12:02 am
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