Monday, August 8, 1983

Monday morning, August 8, 1983; Arey Creek

I'm way behind on my writing.  I'll catch up later.

Right now we are camped on a tiny little knoll overlooking a very rugged drainage which will lead us back to the Okpilak Valley.  We travelled from 1:30 p.m. yesterday until 12:30 a.m. today when we decided to bivouac because of darkness, rain and exhaustion.  We are at about 4000 feet [elevation] and have 2 1/2 miles to the main valley.  We are running short on fuel.  We hope to be back in the valley in a few hours.  We may have to wade the stream to get down it.  It has cut a deep canyon into the granite and our only other route could be above the river on unstable boulders.  I'll be real glad when this is over.  More later.



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