Okay guys, the
plan this morning is
00:00:35.10\00:00:37.01
we're going to
get our summit packs,
00:00:37.02\00:00:40.40
our running gear.
We got up at 5'o clock
00:00:40.41\00:00:43.88
already this
morning, so we're bright eyed
00:00:43.89\00:00:46.35
bushy tailed here and
ready to do this thing
00:00:46.36\00:00:49.53
and so the idea of
course is to summit
00:00:49.54\00:00:53.63
three peaks in the
short time if possible.
00:00:53.64\00:00:56.05
All of you have
given estimated time for
00:00:56.06\00:00:59.08
what your group
can do this, hike it.
00:00:59.09\00:01:01.43
I think my group is
gonna shoot for under eight
00:01:01.44\00:01:04.80
and half hours and
then some of the other
00:01:04.81\00:01:07.71
groups might want to
pick the different time.
00:01:07.72\00:01:10.28
So ready to get over
here, we'll have worship
00:01:10.29\00:01:13.15
and then we will get started.
00:01:13.16\00:01:16.28
We've got our
radios, we've got our medical
00:01:16.29\00:01:18.39
kits and we are all
like thinking how hard is
00:01:18.40\00:01:22.79
this gonna be. How
easy is it gonna be,
00:01:22.80\00:01:25.10
well it's gonna
be as hard or as easy
00:01:25.11\00:01:27.40
as we make it. The
first team we're gonna
00:01:27.41\00:01:29.63
make it really hard
because we want to get
00:01:29.64\00:01:32.87
this thing done in
under eight and half hours.
00:01:32.88\00:01:36.01
So this is the first
leg, the first event of the
00:01:36.02\00:01:39.78
adventure race. Are
you guys ready for it? Yes.
00:01:39.79\00:01:43.22
You begin stomp your
feet, can you put one
00:01:43.23\00:01:45.74
foot in front of the
other for nine hours? Yeah.
00:01:45.75\00:01:49.63
No! Right on! You
guys are pioneers,
00:01:49.64\00:01:52.92
the very first to
ever do the annual
00:01:52.93\00:01:56.86
adventure race.
People are going to come
00:01:56.87\00:02:00.35
in your foot steps.
They're gonna trying
00:02:00.36\00:02:02.10
out do you;
they're gonna trying out do
00:02:02.11\00:02:04.55
themselves, they're
gonna try to do the best ever
00:02:04.56\00:02:07.38
and it's all the
personal thing. Each one of us
00:02:07.39\00:02:10.78
are trying to do better
than we can do not better
00:02:10.79\00:02:13.84
than the other guy
can do. If need be we're
00:02:13.85\00:02:16.34
gonna help the other
guy because that's the best
00:02:16.35\00:02:18.91
we can do to help one another.
00:02:18.92\00:02:20.80
Okay, let's go do it.
00:02:21.60\00:02:23.06
Recently Dr.
Duehrssen and Mark Foster and
00:02:38.61\00:02:41.73
myself have put
together an outdoor ministry
00:02:41.74\00:02:45.20
we call
Wilderness Way Adventures.
00:02:45.21\00:02:47.36
We use survival
training and search
00:02:47.37\00:02:50.36
and rescue training to
help young people make;
00:02:50.37\00:02:52.68
you know life long
decisions for the Lord.
00:02:52.69\00:02:55.39
My name is Mike Duehrssen,
00:02:55.60\00:02:57.06
I am one of the
directors for Wilderness
00:02:57.07\00:02:59.08
Way Adventures and I
direct in a small trauma
00:02:59.09\00:03:01.51
centre and I do also
lot of pre-hospital work.
00:03:01.52\00:03:05.30
We work with a task
force of this technical rescue,
00:03:05.31\00:03:08.58
now I work as a firefighter and
00:03:08.59\00:03:11.39
I work a lot with
EMS, to do a lot of
00:03:11.40\00:03:13.13
wilderness medicine.
So Mike and I are kind
00:03:13.14\00:03:15.37
of thinking how can
he put his pastorial
00:03:15.38\00:03:18.00
and survival
skills together with my
00:03:18.01\00:03:20.34
pre-hospital and
hospital and physician
00:03:20.35\00:03:24.32
type skills. And so we
came up with Wilderness
00:03:24.33\00:03:27.56
Way Adventures in
which we take youth out
00:03:27.57\00:03:30.34
to the Wilderness, we
teach them low to high
00:03:30.35\00:03:32.34
angle rescue. We teach
them swift water rescue
00:03:32.35\00:03:35.41
and later we will be
developing more trench
00:03:35.42\00:03:37.41
rescue and then Mike
teaches them survival,
00:03:37.42\00:03:40.81
all different
aspects of survival.
00:03:40.82\00:03:42.80
My name is Mark Foster,
00:03:42.81\00:03:44.18
I am a physician assistant.
00:03:44.19\00:03:45.60
I met Michael
Duehrssen about seven years ago
00:03:45.61\00:03:48.91
and to my college
experience in P.A training
00:03:48.92\00:03:51.57
I got to spend a
lot of time with him in
00:03:51.58\00:03:54.22
emergency room during
clinical skills training
00:03:54.23\00:03:57.34
and then I met Mike
when I was doing my clinicals
00:03:57.35\00:04:00.90
in Cortez,
Colorado. And the three of us
00:04:00.91\00:04:03.52
just really had a lot
of interests that were
00:04:03.53\00:04:06.71
similar and we were involved
00:04:06.72\00:04:09.99
in search and rescue training.
00:04:10.00\00:04:11.68
And our biggest
emphasis is trying to get these
00:04:12.89\00:04:14.95
youth to have a walk
with Jesus Christ and
00:04:14.96\00:04:17.89
so we have a lot of
worships and I think
00:04:17.90\00:04:20.88
when the kids leave our program,
00:04:20.89\00:04:22.45
they are really
inspired for Jesus
00:04:22.46\00:04:24.80
into go out and
tell others about Him.
00:04:24.81\00:04:26.72
As a teenager and
through my college experience
00:04:26.73\00:04:29.27
I really yearned
for a program like this.
00:04:29.28\00:04:33.10
It's so exciting to be
able to see the excitement
00:04:33.11\00:04:37.15
on the kids base and
the experience that they're
00:04:37.16\00:04:40.82
having through those
places that they tried
00:04:40.83\00:04:43.91
never heard of that's
really in our own backyard.
00:04:43.92\00:04:46.50
And then it's very
rewarding to at the
00:04:46.51\00:04:49.96
end of the program to
hear the students' comments
00:04:49.97\00:04:53.37
and their experience
and their excitements
00:04:53.38\00:04:58.43
that there is within
the Adventist community a
00:04:58.44\00:05:03.79
place that they
can experience these
00:05:03.80\00:05:05.63
wonderful things
and have this much
00:05:05.64\00:05:07.58
fun with the
focus on Jesus Christ.
00:05:07.59\00:05:11.52
This program is
the first episode in a
00:05:15.01\00:05:17.34
four part adventure race series.
00:05:17.35\00:05:19.59
There are three
teams, each with four members
00:05:19.60\00:05:22.52
who will during
the next 72 hours climb
00:05:22.53\00:05:25.32
three peaks, raft 7
miles, hike a slot Canyon
00:05:25.33\00:05:29.14
and bike 12.7
miles of Slickrock.
00:05:29.15\00:05:32.01
This adventure
race takes place in
00:05:32.02\00:05:34.00
Southern Utah
near the town of Moab.
00:05:34.01\00:05:36.65
Looks good to me
and we've discussed this
00:05:37.66\00:05:40.79
yesterday is to
drop downhill over here,
00:05:40.80\00:05:45.12
cross over then come
up on the left-hand side
00:05:45.13\00:05:49.53
of that rock side
over there on the tree line
00:05:49.54\00:05:52.03
and gain this
ridge come up here, go up
00:05:52.04\00:05:54.77
over the falls
peak. We'll come up here
00:05:54.78\00:05:57.94
to Mount Peale then we
have to backtrack a bit,
00:05:57.95\00:06:01.62
come across these
saddles and peaks.
00:06:01.63\00:06:04.03
Go around this
particular peak here,
00:06:04.04\00:06:06.11
then we'll get up on Mellenthin.
00:06:06.12\00:06:08.56
Drop back down
and follow this ridge
00:06:08.57\00:06:11.55
line along here, the
we'll drop through this draw
00:06:11.56\00:06:15.69
down to that valley
that meadow where we were
00:06:15.70\00:06:18.15
practicing fires yesterday,
then we can just right
00:06:18.16\00:06:20.87
back here to the
trucks. And I got a feeling that
00:06:20.88\00:06:24.28
unless we get slow
down by lightening,
00:06:24.29\00:06:27.40
we have to
hunker down for a bit.
00:06:27.41\00:06:30.03
I got a feeling
that we're gonna be all
00:06:30.04\00:06:31.41
to do this thing
in under 9 hours.
00:06:31.42\00:06:33.84
What's our goal
here? Guys wanna shoe for
00:06:33.85\00:06:36.17
8 ½? 13 hours, we can make that.
00:06:36.18\00:06:39.29
That's more, 15.
Let's see, who's this group
00:06:39.30\00:06:43.59
1 now or I
can't remember. Right.
00:06:43.60\00:06:46.59
So I think we can do
this in eight and half,
00:06:46.60\00:06:48.49
eight and a half.
Alright. Let's do that.
00:06:48.50\00:06:52.01
Why is it that we can't come
00:06:52.02\00:06:53.09
straight down from
here? Because it gets
00:06:53.10\00:06:55.78
pretty steep in there.
It's very steep and then
00:06:55.79\00:06:57.45
you get down unto
this draw, you have to hike
00:06:57.46\00:06:59.12
back up over this
mountain again and then
00:06:59.13\00:07:01.05
back down to the
truck. It's a good idea.
00:07:01.06\00:07:04.56
I like your
enthusiasm but I wanna hike less
00:07:04.57\00:07:07.37
not more. He
didn't mean to have that
00:07:07.38\00:07:09.11
enthusiasm right now.
Oh it was not completely
00:07:09.12\00:07:11.56
accidental, was it? Okay, so are
00:07:11.57\00:07:15.20
we good with that
plan? We're gonna try and
00:07:15.21\00:07:17.85
do this in 10 to 11
hours but we're gonna try
00:07:17.86\00:07:22.77
and do the whole
trip into; three peaks we
00:07:22.78\00:07:27.73
will try and try
and hit each peak in
00:07:27.74\00:07:30.70
2 to 3 hours. Three
hours on three peaks
00:07:30.71\00:07:36.00
that would be nine
hours and then it would give
00:07:36.01\00:07:37.47
us a couple hours to get down.
00:07:37.48\00:07:39.03
So, I think
it's doable 11 hours,
00:07:39.04\00:07:42.42
we can do it faster. Great.
00:07:42.43\00:07:44.95
So again this is a
brief. We are going here,
00:07:44.96\00:07:47.34
we starting here and
so we're gonna come upto
00:07:47.35\00:07:49.80
Tuke here, but we got
one peak which is right
00:07:49.81\00:07:52.01
over here that we go
up, got to go up and over.
00:07:52.02\00:07:53.97
It's safe to go on
the back side, its Dicey,
00:07:53.98\00:07:56.37
lot of loose
rocks, maybe some cliffs
00:07:56.38\00:07:58.39
on that side. We
wanna kind of go up
00:07:58.40\00:07:59.71
and over and come up
to Tuke here. Alright.
00:07:59.72\00:08:02.68
Alright from Tuke
we gonna kind of follow
00:08:02.69\00:08:04.62
the ridgeline all the
way around and we're gonna
00:08:04.63\00:08:07.17
coming right around
here and we're gonna
00:08:07.18\00:08:09.34
go all the way. This
is there. Yeah to Peale
00:08:09.35\00:08:13.32
here and then back
down Peale and then
00:08:13.33\00:08:15.88
we're coming to ridgeline
to Mellen and then from
00:08:15.89\00:08:18.23
Mellen we're
gonna drop off and back
00:08:18.24\00:08:19.52
down to the
truck. Alright. Okay,
00:08:19.53\00:08:21.31
it sounds good? Yeah.
Alright, we can do it, cool.
00:08:21.32\00:08:25.43
Here's how we
have divided ourselves,
00:08:25.44\00:08:27.89
we've got the slow
team, we've got the
00:08:27.90\00:08:30.86
slower team and we
got the slowest team.
00:08:30.87\00:08:35.12
Yeah. We've got
the high endurance.
00:08:35.13\00:08:38.66
So we are all in the
sub category of slow but
00:08:38.67\00:08:44.22
persistent and we are
00:08:44.23\00:08:47.02
determined to do this thing.
00:08:49.46\00:08:50.43
But AMS you know
what AMS is? No one here.
00:08:50.44\00:08:55.05
Acute Mountain Sickness.
Sickness on the height,
00:08:55.06\00:08:59.71
same Acute
Mountain Sickness, you get
00:08:59.72\00:09:01.96
bifrontal headaches
here, headaches right
00:09:01.97\00:09:03.39
in the front. Okay
it starts pounding,
00:09:03.40\00:09:05.66
if you have that take
some Advil and the best
00:09:05.67\00:09:10.12
thing is just a kind of go down,
00:09:10.13\00:09:11.40
it starts gonna
real severe by the snow.
00:09:11.41\00:09:12.97
Once again with
the word of prayer
00:09:12.98\00:09:14.60
and then we will have a
short devotional thought
00:09:14.61\00:09:17.22
and then we will hit the trial.
00:09:17.23\00:09:19.93
God in heaven,
how good it is that
00:09:20.84\00:09:22.77
we can be here on
this cool day to do
00:09:22.78\00:09:24.97
a hot activity. We're
gonna climb these peaks
00:09:24.98\00:09:27.79
Lord and we are
challenging ourselves
00:09:27.80\00:09:32.04
physically,
mentally and emotionally
00:09:32.05\00:09:34.75
and you built us
and created us in a
00:09:34.76\00:09:37.82
wonderful way. And
we enjoy doing these
00:09:37.83\00:09:40.82
kinds of things.
It builds character,
00:09:40.83\00:09:44.51
it builds strength, we
want to be able to share
00:09:44.52\00:09:47.01
this experience with
others and use it somehow,
00:09:47.02\00:09:50.06
someway to help people
make decisions for you.
00:09:50.07\00:09:53.25
Keep us safe Lord; bring
us back to these vehicles
00:09:53.26\00:09:56.48
all in one peace
and then we have a great
00:09:56.49\00:09:59.30
feast tonight in
Jesus name. Amen. Amen.
00:09:59.31\00:10:02.96
How about Jesus?
Did he have a, did have
00:10:02.97\00:10:05.90
a hut or home? No.
He said I don't have
00:10:05.91\00:10:09.13
any place, but a
stone to lay my head
00:10:09.14\00:10:12.35
and so we are following the foot
00:10:12.36\00:10:15.19
steps of some
very awesome outdoors
00:10:15.20\00:10:18.13
men and women. And
we have the opportunity
00:10:18.14\00:10:21.90
to challenge
ourselves today, it might get
00:10:21.91\00:10:25.11
tough at times and
during those tough times
00:10:25.12\00:10:29.61
what can you do to
keep the motivation
00:10:29.62\00:10:33.08
and complete the climb?
Keep your mind on Jesus.
00:10:33.09\00:10:39.96
Okay, if you would
keep your mind on Jesus
00:10:39.97\00:10:41.97
do you think
that would help? Yeah.
00:10:41.98\00:10:44.24
And what are some
things that you shouldn't
00:10:44.25\00:10:46.43
do that would
hinder? Think negatively.
00:10:46.44\00:10:51.87
Yeah don't think this
is too hard because if you
00:10:51.88\00:10:56.23
think this is too
hard guess what the rest of
00:10:56.24\00:10:58.24
your body gonna do?
It's gonna say, they say,
00:10:58.25\00:11:01.77
no life buddy. It's
gonna say yeah you are right
00:11:01.78\00:11:04.17
it's too hard, let's
just sit here and chill man,
00:11:04.18\00:11:06.66
let's chill. Quit
right now. Okay so don't
00:11:06.67\00:11:09.99
allow your mind to
become distractive and afford
00:11:10.00\00:11:13.32
with negative
thoughts what I could call
00:11:13.33\00:11:15.91
Stinking Thinking.
You need to press on with
00:11:15.92\00:11:19.73
the attitude up.
We need to do it.
00:11:19.74\00:11:23.07
The rest of it;
gratitude! The attitude
00:11:23.08\00:11:25.24
of gratitude, it's
not stinking thinking.
00:11:25.25\00:11:27.29
So get in there, get out there.
00:11:27.30\00:11:30.08
Get your pack on,
get your feet going.
00:11:30.09\00:11:32.71
Stay together as a
team; keep your eyes on Jesus.
00:11:32.72\00:11:36.74
Don't let the negative
stuff crowd in and push
00:11:36.75\00:11:39.37
out Jesus and hike
this thing and do well.
00:11:39.38\00:11:42.51
And really push
yourself because it's all about
00:11:42.52\00:11:45.60
you know the physical challenge,
00:11:45.61\00:11:48.12
that's why most of
the us are here because we
00:11:48.13\00:11:50.24
like to challenge
ourselves physically.
00:11:50.25\00:11:51.89
God gave us this
awesome body and there's
00:11:51.90\00:11:54.88
amazing tempo and
there's a lot you can do
00:11:54.89\00:11:57.89
with it and
always remember at all
00:11:57.90\00:12:00.39
times the reason why
we're able to do this is
00:12:00.40\00:12:03.67
because God has
gifted us this way and so we
00:12:03.68\00:12:06.66
can just praise Him
every step to the way.
00:12:06.67\00:12:08.91
So let's get on with it and
00:12:08.92\00:12:11.71
let's go, we can do this thing.
00:12:11.72\00:12:14.73
Yeah we will do
all right up here,
00:12:35.89\00:12:37.82
I am gonna fallow
these tree lines up here.
00:12:37.83\00:12:40.11
You know as people
starts fading back,
00:12:43.84\00:12:45.23
I'll pull the team
together and I stay
00:12:45.24\00:12:46.59
with a slow one's.
Okay but why not we the
00:12:46.60\00:12:49.37
keep the team of
four together. Yeah.
00:12:49.38\00:12:51.03
Well yeah, we will
keep a team of four.
00:12:51.04\00:12:52.08
I'll let Richard
take off. So we kind of;
00:12:52.09\00:12:54.55
if these guys start
take them with you there
00:12:54.56\00:12:57.06
and then if they start
feeling to send them back
00:12:57.07\00:12:58.97
to us this way. We'll then wait.
00:12:58.98\00:13:00.53
You know how Richard catch up?
00:13:00.54\00:13:01.72
You have Noah,
Jacob. I mean Noah beside
00:13:01.73\00:13:05.23
of my dad, it's me,
Anthony and Richard.
00:13:05.24\00:13:11.33
That's fine we can do
that. And then and you
00:13:11.34\00:13:16.38
and Jim and the
rest can go together and
00:13:16.39\00:13:19.18
you folks, you can help carry.
00:13:19.19\00:13:23.91
Let's go and
then straight across
00:13:23.92\00:13:26.70
the tallest one.
We're gonna hike that one?
00:13:26.71\00:13:28.28
Yes. And then you know
if behind to these trees,
00:13:28.29\00:13:31.82
you can't try to see it
yes. And then of course,
00:13:31.83\00:13:35.86
we're all come
down to next one over,
00:13:35.87\00:13:36.84
not this one,
Mike hikes this valley.
00:13:36.85\00:13:38.58
This is the valley we
are gonna drop down into,
00:13:38.59\00:13:40.89
once you guys climb Mellenthin,
00:13:40.90\00:13:43.52
Come around to
this ridge right here
00:13:43.53\00:13:45.58
in front of us.
Come all the way down,
00:13:45.59\00:13:48.10
you see that meadow right there.
00:13:48.11\00:13:50.18
Walk all the way
through that meadow
00:13:50.19\00:13:52.20
and then drop down
into the one of your
00:13:52.21\00:13:56.93
making players any other day.
00:13:56.94\00:13:58.57
Okay that's
what you'll do. Okay.
00:13:58.58\00:14:00.61
Oh which is that one okay. Yeah.
00:14:00.62\00:14:03.84
So if we, I can't have my eye.
00:14:03.85\00:14:06.74
Well there is the
meadow down there republic
00:14:06.75\00:14:11.09
gained about 400 feet
of elevation right now.
00:14:11.10\00:14:14.29
We are go to go
everyone's gonna go.
00:14:17.10\00:14:19.04
Copy work goes, so
we're gonna at least go on
00:14:19.05\00:14:22.72
and once we get to
the next peak we're not
00:14:22.73\00:14:23.90
turning back, we're
gonna keep going and
00:14:23.91\00:14:25.54
drop down that far ridge
00:14:25.55\00:14:26.65
probably with some later on.
00:14:26.66\00:14:28.62
Alright, let's
continue our group says
00:14:44.13\00:14:45.85
we wanna go. So
there's a couple of that found,
00:14:45.86\00:14:48.44
let me wanna turn
around but their game for it so
00:14:48.45\00:14:51.30
and we had a word of
prayer before we started
00:14:51.31\00:14:53.10
up here and Richard
and I did, let it happened.
00:14:53.11\00:14:55.42
Our prayer was answered today,
00:14:55.43\00:14:57.24
all the thunder
storms cleared away.
00:14:57.25\00:14:59.34
Mike's pretty
careful in where he goes
00:15:03.35\00:15:05.48
and they are
pushing probably 11,400 feet
00:15:05.49\00:15:10.22
right now. It's fairly
windy and cold but really
00:15:10.23\00:15:14.75
happy with the
progress that we're making.
00:15:14.76\00:15:16.49
We just were, this
is kind of the bold and
00:15:16.50\00:15:19.69
blow it. We're gonna
go right up this ridge,
00:15:19.70\00:15:23.22
this summit and then
we're going to go across
00:15:23.23\00:15:29.75
to that peak. And
we're going to go across
00:15:29.76\00:15:34.41
to that peak and
go down. Some of the
00:15:34.42\00:15:39.31
groups hoping to
make the next peak
00:15:39.32\00:15:41.43
and we are just gonna
have to see how we feel
00:15:41.44\00:15:43.15
when we get down on
this ridge and start going
00:15:43.16\00:15:44.54
upto next peak everyone feels.
00:15:44.55\00:15:46.20
We do have an option I
think is to branch off,
00:15:46.21\00:15:49.56
you go around the
ridgeline and swing
00:15:49.57\00:15:51.49
down for those that
don't feel like they want
00:15:51.50\00:15:53.99
to go on. But
boys beautiful up here.
00:15:54.00\00:15:57.09
Yeah. Oh yeah. We
have an awesome creator
00:15:57.10\00:16:03.75
who made mounts right
here and right below us,
00:16:03.76\00:16:07.01
right there. You know,
its probably 95 degrees,
00:16:07.02\00:16:11.28
100 degrees right now
down there and who guesses
00:16:11.29\00:16:14.37
the temperature
right now and we have a
00:16:14.38\00:16:15.99
temperature gauge on them.
00:16:16.00\00:16:17.78
Like 0 with
windshield, without windshield.
00:16:17.79\00:16:20.97
Do you have? Oh my
battery is too low.
00:16:20.98\00:16:25.77
It's probably just
above freezing up here right
00:16:25.78\00:16:28.61
now and windshields
below freezing up here.
00:16:28.62\00:16:31.72
Ashley can test to
find out that, hi Ashley.
00:16:33.05\00:16:36.06
It's Cold. Oh that's
true. I think the other group
00:16:36.07\00:16:41.02
is probably run a
quarter of a mile,
00:16:41.03\00:16:43.50
half an hour about ahead of us,
00:16:43.51\00:16:45.28
I think they're gonna
try to hit all three peaks
00:16:45.29\00:16:48.46
and they're still
original eight and hours.
00:16:48.47\00:16:51.38
I don't know if we will make it.
00:16:51.39\00:16:54.35
But we will try.
It's been three hours and
00:16:54.36\00:16:56.56
ten minutes so far.
Lightening is dangerous
00:16:56.57\00:17:00.82
thing on top of the
mountains and Dr. Duehrssen
00:17:00.83\00:17:06.11
told us about it. As he
is the tallest one here.
00:17:06.12\00:17:09.54
Yeah. Are you up?
Yeah, hold the pole up.
00:17:09.55\00:17:12.95
Hold the pole up.
Yeah. No moving please.
00:17:12.96\00:17:17.64
We're at light lightening rock.
00:17:19.59\00:17:21.23
Okay at the count of
three, you yell, yeah
00:17:21.24\00:17:24.48
lighting, 1, 2, 3. Lighting!
00:17:24.49\00:17:27.60
How about the fog?
00:17:27.61\00:17:29.17
Here's the Lee
group, here's our group.
00:17:39.36\00:17:42.01
It's looking a
little threatening.
00:17:55.08\00:17:56.06
Starting to
build! No lightening,
00:17:56.07\00:17:58.13
no rain yet but
it's definitely looking a
00:17:58.14\00:18:00.27
little threatening.
Yeah. And I think with the
00:18:00.28\00:18:03.16
energy level of
our group and self, may
00:18:03.17\00:18:04.89
we should go ahead
and we bag one of them
00:18:04.90\00:18:07.12
and that's a great
accomplishment. Yeah.
00:18:07.13\00:18:09.36
And then we got to think about
00:18:09.37\00:18:10.46
trying to find the way down.
00:18:10.47\00:18:11.90
I think, we can
go down the opposite
00:18:37.85\00:18:39.41
side of this
valley, it would save us a
00:18:39.42\00:18:43.17
lot of time because
if we go down to where
00:18:43.18\00:18:45.89
we are looking at
now is gonna be at least
00:18:45.90\00:18:47.94
15 miles to get back around
00:18:47.95\00:18:50.42
to where the vehicles are.
00:18:50.43\00:18:52.92
Who's group is that?
That's my close group,
00:18:54.70\00:18:57.27
that's group 1,
across away from us on
00:18:57.28\00:19:00.62
the ridge over there.
You can see part of group
00:19:00.63\00:19:03.49
one and Mike Low
is there and there's a
00:19:03.50\00:19:06.07
couple more. There
should up just at the
00:19:06.08\00:19:07.83
top of the ridge
that you can see.
00:19:07.84\00:19:10.25
So it's 3 people
of his group inside,
00:19:10.26\00:19:12.66
I believe there is a
total of four or five
00:19:12.67\00:19:16.46
of them all together so they're
00:19:16.47\00:19:18.54
making pretty good progress.
00:19:18.55\00:19:20.51
When I've
discussed and we feel that,
00:19:20.52\00:19:23.06
we probably need to head down.
00:19:23.07\00:19:25.39
The cumulus clouds are building,
00:19:25.40\00:19:27.03
it's probably some
rain, maybe lighting.
00:19:27.04\00:19:29.05
Hey Michael. One
second, we got, Mike calling us.
00:19:29.06\00:19:31.96
Go ahead Mike.
Alright. I think we'll go ahead
00:19:31.97\00:19:36.75
and press on
and we'll take cover
00:19:36.76\00:19:40.04
if the lightening
starts. Yeah you know,
00:19:40.05\00:19:46.54
I think, once the
lightening starts.
00:19:46.55\00:19:48.10
It starts raining,
how things gonna let up
00:19:48.11\00:19:49.62
all after noon. And
so I think you need,
00:19:49.63\00:19:51.97
once first sign of
any kind of lightening
00:19:51.98\00:19:54.85
building, you need
to get off right away.
00:19:54.86\00:19:56.71
Alright sounds good.
Alright guys we'll keep
00:19:57.94\00:20:03.03
you in our prayers,
and we're gonna head down.
00:20:03.04\00:20:04.41
Richard's coming
down with us too,
00:20:04.42\00:20:05.72
we're all going down as a group.
00:20:05.73\00:20:07.07
The lake, it's
feeling good up here.
00:20:07.08\00:20:10.40
Look behind
there. A couple of times
00:20:10.41\00:20:11.99
we've had 50 to
55 mile hour winds.
00:20:12.00\00:20:17.84
Lately, it's been at
our tail; well it's being
00:20:17.85\00:20:22.81
kind of pushing us
along, making it easy to walk.
00:20:22.82\00:20:26.42
We got a couple
of guys here who are
00:20:26.43\00:20:29.33
interested in
joining you down there.
00:20:29.34\00:20:31.81
Some of us gonna wait
here if they really wanna
00:20:32.87\00:20:34.76
come down but it was,
00:20:34.77\00:20:35.76
well we keep going real dicey.
00:20:35.77\00:20:37.75
We got a feeling that
you guys can just go down
00:20:42.11\00:20:45.56
to this ridge to my
right, and then cross the tree
00:20:45.57\00:20:48.74
line down and
then come over through
00:20:48.75\00:20:51.95
the top side of
where you are at.
00:20:51.96\00:20:54.45
How are you guys
doing? You are holding up.
00:21:58.26\00:21:59.88
We just coming to
grad one, we're coming
00:22:01.10\00:22:03.53
back down. Cool,
we just now all got
00:22:03.54\00:22:08.01
back to the
vehicles. We're seeing,
00:22:08.02\00:22:09.10
we're looking at
you from the vehicles.
00:22:09.11\00:22:10.80
Yes, I guess I
need back and see you.
00:22:12.22\00:22:15.96
You're tiny little ants on the
00:22:19.22\00:22:20.58
sky on the ridge line.
00:22:20.59\00:22:22.60
Now that we've done
the hike, let's talk
00:22:24.19\00:22:29.03
about it. A lot
of things happened
00:22:29.04\00:22:30.64
on the
mountain, didn't it? Yeah.
00:22:30.65\00:22:32.55
We had people get
tired, we had people get cold,
00:22:32.56\00:22:36.96
did anybody get hungry? Oh yeah.
00:22:36.97\00:22:38.89
So we had some
hunger issues as well.
00:22:38.90\00:22:42.35
Did anybody get
thirsty? Or did you drink well
00:22:42.36\00:22:45.38
enough during the
time. Yes we drink it.
00:22:45.39\00:22:48.16
Okay, and did you
think the trial was steep?
00:22:48.17\00:22:52.09
At times, yes. And
not always and did it help
00:22:52.10\00:22:56.40
walking on the
snow verses the rocks?
00:22:56.41\00:22:58.60
Yes, sometimes. And sometimes.
00:22:58.61\00:23:00.97
And did it get
windy at all up there?
00:23:00.98\00:23:03.18
Yes. You know with
wind blowing that hard,
00:23:03.19\00:23:09.68
I am surprised that
the earth even rotates
00:23:09.69\00:23:12.00
you know, I mean got craze.
00:23:12.01\00:23:14.48
We got to the
top of Mount Peale,
00:23:14.49\00:23:16.32
enjoyed our little
sunny siesta there?
00:23:16.33\00:23:18.81
Ate lunch! And had a
bit of, yeah had a bit
00:23:18.82\00:23:21.69
of a food and some
drink there, took some
00:23:21.70\00:23:23.43
pictures. Then we
doubled back and went over
00:23:23.44\00:23:26.44
and by then we were
in radio contact with you
00:23:26.45\00:23:31.44
folks before you
went down and you made a
00:23:31.45\00:23:34.90
decision to go
down and then we made a
00:23:34.91\00:23:37.52
decision to go on.
And then after a while
00:23:37.53\00:23:41.24
we ran into you folks
again because you down
00:23:41.25\00:23:44.95
at that lake we
had radio contact.
00:23:44.96\00:23:47.21
And then what for
the team there what
00:23:47.22\00:23:51.07
we are doing? Noah
and I decided the better
00:23:51.08\00:23:54.87
interested sanity to
go down at that point.
00:23:54.88\00:23:58.11
So you want to join
the bottom dwellers? Yeah.
00:23:58.12\00:24:04.99
So you went and hung out
with the lake folk? Yeah.
00:24:05.00\00:24:09.51
And how was that
getting down. Brutal.
00:24:09.52\00:24:13.91
It was not fun, it
was tired, I was halfway
00:24:13.92\00:24:18.17
over halfway up the
hill and sliding on the rocks
00:24:18.18\00:24:22.14
and all of a sudden
this one takes off and
00:24:22.15\00:24:23.73
it goes all the way
down the hill, all the way
00:24:23.74\00:24:26.22
into the tree
clear. Anyway the rock was
00:24:26.23\00:24:29.03
just big. Yeah. But
it just, you can hear it
00:24:29.04\00:24:31.73
going all the way
down. Amazing! Yeah it was
00:24:31.74\00:24:34.21
deepen and very slippery but we
00:24:34.22\00:24:36.49
managed without cutting ourself.
00:24:36.50\00:24:39.08
All over just to
say it was not as bad as
00:24:39.09\00:24:40.06
the people had
to do on the street.
00:24:40.07\00:24:41.61
Yeah take two and
three. Hard over there.
00:24:41.62\00:24:44.79
So there Josiah and Noah joined.
00:24:44.80\00:24:48.31
Richard and
Michael down below and the
00:24:48.32\00:24:50.64
rest of you folks and
then Caleb rather bravely
00:24:50.65\00:24:56.64
with a lot of fear
interpretation decided
00:24:56.65\00:24:59.92
to go on with us
because Leonard and
00:24:59.93\00:25:01.55
I were determined
to get that third peak.
00:25:01.56\00:25:03.73
And so he came and
how was it for you?
00:25:03.74\00:25:06.37
Thos are people
they have to come down.
00:25:06.38\00:25:08.39
So making the peak.
Going over with ridge
00:25:08.40\00:25:13.33
and going up the
peak was okay and then
00:25:13.34\00:25:15.28
coming down except
from the wind. Yeah.
00:25:15.29\00:25:17.83
And then coming down,
once started coming down,
00:25:17.84\00:25:20.67
do that. So the
downhill stretch to the
00:25:20.68\00:25:23.90
meadow where they
left the van for us
00:25:23.91\00:25:26.00
was killer. Having
to hopple those logs,
00:25:26.01\00:25:29.91
we went to, you know I
was jumping, headaches so.
00:25:29.92\00:25:34.75
It really makes you
realize how powerful God is.
00:25:36.80\00:25:40.57
Yeah. How quickly
those mountains were formed
00:25:40.58\00:25:43.56
and you can look at
them from the ground
00:25:43.57\00:25:45.79
and say yeah man
with all our technology
00:25:45.80\00:25:48.69
we could
eventually move those but then
00:25:48.70\00:25:50.97
when you get up on
them you can actually
00:25:50.98\00:25:52.44
climbed all the way
up and you see which
00:25:52.45\00:25:53.90
we work went this
like, no way, never could
00:25:53.91\00:25:56.86
be move up. Right.
And then God did it all
00:25:56.87\00:25:59.68
and just you know
a breath taking time.
00:25:59.69\00:26:02.97
It was interesting. We
see from lives respecting
00:26:02.98\00:26:04.95
how past was clouds were moving.
00:26:04.96\00:26:06.66
That's right,
watching those shadows from
00:26:06.67\00:26:09.12
the ground. Two to
three seconds from the
00:26:09.13\00:26:12.63
shadows totally
cover the basin. Yeah.
00:26:12.64\00:26:14.73
Another side. The
other thing is to see
00:26:14.74\00:26:17.72
that the beauty.
You just look out
00:26:17.73\00:26:19.24
and anyway you
look, you can just see
00:26:19.25\00:26:21.04
I mean these pillars in Utah,
00:26:21.05\00:26:24.05
if you look out that
way. Yeah. From the mountain.
00:26:24.06\00:26:26.29
Yeah. You can see
Moab and you can see the
00:26:26.30\00:26:28.41
out in distance.
You know the pillar,
00:26:28.42\00:26:29.71
it's just beautiful.
Now how does what you see
00:26:29.72\00:26:34.66
out here compared to
what you see on television.
00:26:34.67\00:26:39.91
Doesn't. You know I
mean its one thing to
00:26:39.92\00:26:43.09
watch it on
television right? Because it's
00:26:43.10\00:26:45.19
beautiful, if
you can't be there,
00:26:45.20\00:26:46.63
it's nice to be able
to see it but does it come
00:26:46.64\00:26:49.30
close actually being
here. No. No comparison.
00:26:49.31\00:26:52.95
We hope you
have enjoyed watching
00:27:22.24\00:27:24.02
the Adventure Race. We
also hope it has inspired
00:27:24.03\00:27:27.11
you to spend
more time with God and
00:27:27.12\00:27:29.01
friends outdoors. And
if you are interested in
00:27:29.02\00:27:32.29
participating in
the next adventure race,
00:27:32.30\00:27:34.83
or if you want to
attend one of our many
00:27:34.84\00:27:37.14
wilderness survival
and search and rescue
00:27:37.15\00:27:39.20
training courses
please contact us by
00:27:39.21\00:27:41.90
writing us at, 1641
North Continental Drive,
00:27:41.91\00:27:46.47
Flagstaff, Arizona
86004, or call us at 1-866,
00:27:46.48\00:27:53.45
Isaiah 4319.
that's 1-866-472-4319
00:27:53.46\00:28:00.78
or visit us online at
00:28:00.79\00:28:03.01
www.wilderness
wayadventures.com.
00:28:03.02\00:28:07.40