Day 39- a hold up

We were going to hike out today, on the summer solstice (naked hiking day). But one of the people in our group, Justin (crews brother) had some bad foot issues so we reluctantly zeroed again. Everyone agreed we would leave Kennedy meadows tomorrow. So we spent the day like a typical zero. Ryan, hot cheese, escalator, and myself played lots of washers and went swimming. Down at the river we saw the water was a bit higher than the previous day, so we came up with a game. We would start down river and race to see who could walk 100 yards upstream the fastest. We did it twice and escalator and myself were the winners. After this I decided to deal with my pack. After investigating my options, I decided to take advantage of the rare find of a pack in the hiker box. A hiker box is where people get rid of whatever they don't need. There are stoves, food, clothes, shoes, all kinds of tools, and on the rare occasions packs. I sewed it up with some dental floss and got it usable. I then mailed home my broken pack along with 13 other pounds and when I had the new pack all loaded up it was 48 pounds. It must have weighed a ton with my older heavier pack. The night ended with sitting around the campfire listening to hot cheese and escalator use there amazing voices and musical talent. I am ready to leave leave Kennedy meadows and get into the real sierras.