We arrived tonight and started our preparation right away. We measured and cut rope to specific lengths, and tied them to the four corners of our three different tarps which we will be using to make a makeshift shelter for the following two nights. We decided as a group how much food we would need for the trip per person. We devided breakfast and lunch into two different stuff sacks which were given to two of us to carry along in our packs. The others carried equipment such as stoves, fuel, tarps and rope. We lined our bags with garbage bags to water-proof them . Tomorrow we will painfully be waking up at 6:30 in the morning with bags under our eyes and the thought of how much sleep we would have had if we stayed home. After breakfast we will then be driven down and dropped in the Lehigh River and finishing at the Lehigh Gap Nature center as five starving young men that will gorge ourselves on freez-dried meals and trail mix untill we fall asleep exhausted from our trip, getting more excited for the "real" trip in December. After all, this is just practice.
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