hi. my name is alissa and i am a blog slacker.

sorry. stil getting used to this real world stuff...then i was gone at shoreline...then...ok, yeah, trying to get out of it...i'm just a slacker. so...to try finish my rambles up..

LOST:
i was now lost. after following the creek for 10 minutes, it didn't seem to be right. so i headed up on the hill a little...then more...got on the compass bearing, and followed that again. it led me down into another drainage. up on another ridgeline. i realized then that i was lost. LOST. i could not believe it. how did this happen? what was i thinking? it was windy...getting cold...i become slightly frantic. i make myself sit down for a minute and assess the situation.

• you have been walking for 20 or so minutes.
  
• it's about 4pm. gets dark about 7pm. 3 hours.
  
• everything around me looks the same
  
• i do have my puffball jacket and blue shirt (wearing shorts. tennies. no gaiters.)
  
• do have a flashlight with almost dead batteries. (there's a story for that one, too. i'll post it soon.)
  
• walked at approx. 180 on the compass...if i reversed that, i could at least find where i started from

now what? do i go further? it MUST be at 180 on the compass. did i not follow it carfully enough and missed camp? i turned back. sobbing. 'i am going to die. i am going to freeze out here and die. i can't believe this.' i talked out loud to myself, perhaps to distract myself...i ran through the sharp bushes and stumbled on the scree, heading back to the creek. then i went out again, this time following the compass bearing exactly....walked for the same amount of time....then a little further.

it's not here. i am not going to find camp. what now?

i pulled on my jacket, as it had started to get cold. (and obviously not noticing that the windpants that i didn't realize i had were in the inner mesh pocket of the jacket)...

installment 3, tomorrow. (damn, i am lazy.) meanwhile, check out the virtual sky.