Hot And Fast

October, 2011

I am the foreman of an all-male crew that sets up five seasonal High Sierra Camps in Yosemite National Park. They are located one and a half, three, six, seven and 15 miles from any road, store or anything else. I just returned from our first of the year, at Glen Aulin—I ran the five miles out and hitchhiked home. Because we are deep in the for­est for long periods, we refer to the assignment as "breakfast, lunch and dudes." Sitting around the campfire the past few nights, we have been...