“Now if everyone would please, put their Nalgene as high as they can … Man, I love hiking, ay! I love camping, ay! I love hiking, ay! I love Odyssey, ay!”

It was pitch black out, even though the sun had barely set beyond the distant mountains. Dense cloud cover and even denser evergreens obscured the weak light of the quarter moon, making it nearly impossible to find secure footing on the slick rocks that studded the muddy trail.