On June 17th we took the young men in our ward on a hike up Fortress ski hill. They had all spent the night before at the ward Father's and Son's camp out at Camp Gardener and we picked them up in the morning, half dead, to walk up the steepest hike I've ever done. Most of the kids had no problems with the hike but a couple of them wanted to give up on the first bunny hill. We leaders ended up carrying their stuff and sometimes them the rest of the way. We all made it to the top and the views were great, while they lasted. We were perched at the clearing on the top of the climb for no more than 10 minutes when some nasty clouds came over the mountains and hailed a mighty hail upon us. We quickly finished our lunches and headed back down the now muddy trail and arrived at the vehicles about an hour and a half ahead of schedule. The boys really impressed me with how quick they were and how much energy they had for staying up all night by the fire. We have a couple more camps and trips planned, so I'll be getting my share of the great outdoors and stinky deacons this year.
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