2012 Alaska

One day David and I hiked up to this waterfall. It was a steep, muddy climb requiring ropes to haul yourself past the worst parts. It took us about 35 minutes to get to this point and another 10 minutes to get down. When we got back to the boat, I was horrified to realize I'd left gloves and a lens cap at the top of the falls. Both David and I volunteered to retrieve them, but our gracious guide said no way. He suggested we time him and jokingly said if he wasn't back in an hour, to send for help. This is so humiliating.... it took him all of SIX minutes to get up and back. Even more humiliating was that I'd actually taken the gloves and lens cap with me and stuffed them in a jacket pocket.

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One day David and I hiked up to this waterfall. It was a steep, muddy climb requiring ropes to haul yourself past the worst parts. It took us about 35 minutes to get to this point and another 10 minutes to get down. When we got back to the boat, I was horrified to realize I'd left gloves and a lens cap at the top of the falls. Both David and I volunteered to retrieve them, but our gracious guide said no way. He suggested we time him and jokingly said if he wasn't back in an hour, to send for help. This is so humiliating.... it took him all of SIX minutes to get up and back. Even more humiliating was that I'd actually taken the gloves and lens cap with me and stuffed them in a jacket pocket.

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