Day 1 of Backpacking the Wind River Mountains in Wyoming with the 14-17 year old scouts. 
It started off with a guy (random stranger) having a heart attack? in the grocery store in Pinedale WY. We were 10 feet away and tried to wake him up until we realized he wasn't breathing and had no pulse. We were getting ready to start CPR when the police and paramedics arrived (less than 2 mins - very fast). They tried to revive him unsuccesfully and then carted him off to the hospital. We weren't sure if he made it or not until Saturday when we asked at the store and found out he died. Crazy start to the hike. We hiked in 7 miles to Camp 1 but not before a few more incidents. - I was not feeling well and caught the flu bug that hit my house last weekend. It hit me hard at mile 4.5 and I was shaking, freezing, light headed, dizzy, unable to move well, dry heaving, etc. Basically unable to go on. I received a blessing and had a quick recovery and was able to make it the 2.5 miles further to our camp location (with some help from the boys with carrying some of my pack weight). - About 20 mins after that, a boy decided to check out the scenery at an overlook a little too close and slipped over the edge. He fell about 20-25 feet and only ended up with a gash in the leg and some bad bruising. - Not long after that, we got interrogated by the ranger and was fined $150 for not filling out the proper paperwork we didn't know we needed. Ignorance is not bliss. I would later be able to undo the fine (see Friday's entry). We made camp and called it a day! I am counting my backpacking miles as running miles because they were dang hard. 55+ pounds is a lot to carry when sick and you only weigh 135. | 