High Adventure July 27-30

Part of Chris' calling as the Young Men's president is to go with them on their high adventure camp out, it's for the boys ages 14-18. This year they went to 'white clouds.' It's located in the central Idaho mountains near Challis. It was an 9 mile hike into where they would set up camp and they spent 3 days hiking, fighting mosquitoes, playing in freezing water, and enjoying the scenery. It was a 'real' back packing trip, they could only take what would fit in their packs. Lucky for Chris, we have a neighbor that back packs and lent him his pack, tent, and had several tips for him. They also only ate freeze dried meals and trail mix! Here is Chris with a few of the boys Some of the scenery........

Chris, at the lake. Nice mosquito net hat, I know!

This was one of the lakes they hiked to. The glacier kept the water freezing but that didn't stop them from sliding from the glacier into the water. If you look really close, you can see 2 little black marks on the glacier, those are some of the boys and that is where they slid into the water. The 'slide' was about 100 feet long and even though the water was freezing, it was fun!

Chris had a great time on this trip. came home sore, but had fun! This was the last high adventure he'll attend with the boys as he was released a few weeks ago. Now, we'll just wait and see if he volunteers to go when Jace gets old enough, or they put him back into young mens!