the last months had been hectic for Margaret, they had been manic for Grace, Arlene, Dana, and M. Y.: ordering food and gear, from snowshoes to special frame packs designed for heavy loads, and constant worrying over whether thirty days’ worth was enough food. It would be hell to carry. But what if storms kept them pinned to the mountain for longer than that? What if some of the caches of food they left along their route were buried in avalanches and they needed extra supplies? There were a thousand what-ifs on an expedition, and way out alone in the wilderness of Alaska, the need to be
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