A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
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This, it must be confessed, was something of a setback—or, to put it in terms that reflected my true feelings about the matter, transcendentally soul crushing.
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They died fully conscious, parched and prostrate in the dirt, with an empty water bottle clutched between their fingers.
Eli
this is how I live
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“Maybe we’re being taught some kind of a lesson,” he replied. “Although I have no idea what we’re supposed to be learning, aside from the fact that we totally suck.”
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“Let’s roll,” I said to Pete. “We’ve got an appointment with someone who will know what’s wrong with you.”
Eli
me, taking my cat to the vet
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After handing us some candy bars (sadly, they weren’t carrying any hard liquor or hallucinogenic drugs), they wished us well, revved their engines, and spun off.
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enveloped in furnace-like heat, and aware—dimly or otherwise—that the time he had left was slipping away as sweat poured through the pores of his skin at a rate of more than a liter an hour in the 110-degree air.
Eli
this is just summer in Houston