Carol keep falling back and then catching up every time I took a short break. When 10:30 rolled around I was at the top of a small but steep and muddy section of the trail. I wipped out another Power Bar and then some rope I had in my pack. I tied it off and climbed down the slope. While cutting the rope to its proper length Brenda showed her pretty face at the top of the hill. She climbed down without using my rope and soon left me in the dust. Well really it was to wet for dust, but you get the idea.
About 10 minutes later climbing out of the low back I found another muddy slope without much to hold on to. So I crawled up and fastened the rest of my rope to a strong tree and tossed the other end down hill. It would come in hand on the return trip. As I climbed another pu`u I turned and looked back an the pu`u I just came down. This is what I saw.
