Thrown into the deep end

Throughout the trek, nothing helps lift the spirits and cools you down like throwing down your backpack somewhere you remember, and jumping into the small, fast-moving stream and getting wet, clothes and all. The ambient heat and movement will dry you out soon enough.

EVERYONE has their first outdoor camping/trekking experience, and if you are lucky, it will be pretty memorable in all the right ways, like a nice campfire, little to no biting insects, good fellowship, no one got lost, etc.

This story is not like that.