It was the night after embarking on the trail. It had been a "short" hike, only about an hour, and we set up the group tarp for the first time and all that. So. (I was asleep for the entire incident; the following anecdote is what I heard after the fact.)
Glove Love woke up to find that the group tarp was pressing him into the rock next to him, more and more, weighed down by the water collecting in the tarp (it was raining, obviously). He could see The Bush's headlamp through the water and tarp, and said, "Hey, all I can see is your headlamp." (In the skit we did at the end of La Vida, when portraying this incident briefly, it was "All I can see is your headlamp and your beard.")
The Bush responded, "Want to help and push up on the tarp?"
"Yeah, sure."
The two of them pushed up on the tarp and the water poured off the top and down the slope all over their stuff and sleeping bags. They were totally swamped. How does The Bush respond?
"OK, go back to sleep now."
"You realize now we're sleeping in a puddle, right?"
"Yeah, that's OK."
Their stuff was wet for the rest of La Vida.
Glove Love woke up to find that the group tarp was pressing him into the rock next to him, more and more, weighed down by the water collecting in the tarp (it was raining, obviously). He could see The Bush's headlamp through the water and tarp, and said, "Hey, all I can see is your headlamp." (In the skit we did at the end of La Vida, when portraying this incident briefly, it was "All I can see is your headlamp and your beard.")
The Bush responded, "Want to help and push up on the tarp?"
"Yeah, sure."
The two of them pushed up on the tarp and the water poured off the top and down the slope all over their stuff and sleeping bags. They were totally swamped. How does The Bush respond?
"OK, go back to sleep now."
"You realize now we're sleeping in a puddle, right?"
"Yeah, that's OK."
Their stuff was wet for the rest of La Vida.
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