I Didn’t Eat My Friends, But Still Survived the Wilderness

How a trip to New Hampshire’s White Mountains revealed my strengths and weaknesses

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I stumbled out of the twelve-passenger van and fell hard. I landed, spread eagle on a pile of slush. I wanted to ugly cry, but barked a weird, boisterous laugh. The icy gas station parking lot made it impossible to stand on my…