We did a lot of good hiking each of the two days we were out there, somewhere in the vicinity of 10-12 miles each day, spanning the peaks and coastline of the island, as well as everywhere in between.
However, what would an episode with this crew be without a little drama? The minor potential disaster of this venture revolved around the water situation. There is no fresh water on the island, so you have to bring all your drinking water with you. We brought a lot of water, but as Ben pointed out many times, including while we were buying the water, we should have brought more. During the first day's hike we were careful not to drink more than we needed to, and we returned to camp with a fair amount of water left for dinner and the next day. However, our appetites, assisted by some Beam and some blizy, were not as successfully held in check that evening. (BTW, Beam tastes bad...)
What we were left with when we went to sleep that night was one full gallon bottle of water. Yet when we woke up the next morning, the bottle had been cracked open, and someone had taken a healthy swig. Who could be so devious and dumb? The culprit was none other than the man who had been so insistent upon our bringing more water (and who had been so persistent with his "I told you so's"), Ben.
So we had to ration off what was left, but still managed to compound our idiocy by leaving most of our water at the campsite while taking the second day's hike, carrying with us only 16 oz to share. Even after Athas bailed 15 minutes into that day's hike, that was not nearly enough water for the amount of strenuous hiking the other three of us did in the blaring hot sun. Fortunately we were assisted by a couple oranges another couple of guys on ATV's unknowingly allowed us to appropriate. That was a painful day, but we all made it back perfectly intact and healthy, and were able to enjoy our time on the pier as we awaited the ferry to pick us up.
And just cuz he's such a special guy, here are a few more pictures of the Baby SealBear.
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was Raju posing??
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