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Rain started about 3:30AM.
All of the Scouts, ages 11-14, were up and ready to go by 7AM. Last night we had 3 miles of up to get to the campsite. Great view over a rock ledge of a neighboring town a couple of miles away.
We expected today to be flatter, following the ridge line.
Nope: 4 more miles of up, followed by 2 miles of down to our campsite. By the time we got there, another party had beaten us to the shelter. A long day of rain, hard hiking and being soaked to your bones made it easy to call it a day and hike the last mile out.
I hate doing that, but it was the right call.
When we got home, we found out that Virginia was under a tornado watch all day. Where we were is too remote for contact, so we had no idea.
Yep, right call.
Today I:
- Backpacked a total of 7 miles in the rain.
- Crossed a rain-swollen stream...and fell in helping a 100 pound Boy Scout get across. Found my adventure!
The BSA's Hazardous Weather training has made me much more cautious than I would have been earlier in life. Do you use it?
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So jealous that you're out backpacking already. We had snow today, so another month or two at best before we get into the mountains. I hope this will be the first year to get our Troop out backpacking. I know once they get out there, they will want to go back often.
On a side note, dry oatmeal in the rain does sound really funny.
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