Completely alone in the woods. For many miles around. I didn’t see a single person on the entire wilderness portion of the trail. And now, as planned, it is my first night in the White Mountains is closing in around me. Even now it seems strange to remember all the nervous mental preparation inside. It started around 3PM that day. I suddenly realized that for the next 12-15 hours I will not meet another person, and I would have to rely completely and entirely on my own. The sun was on and off behind disturbing dark clouds. The bugs were intense and preferred to ignore the spray. And of…
