16-July 2009 to 19-July 2009: I couldn’t figure out what was causing the stomach discomfort, whether it was ingesting too much DEET, or from the filtered water, or what. In any case, my bowels were telling me it was time to go, and it seemed like I was the only one with this affliction.

It didn’t matter that mosquitoes were swarming around and biting me in places where the sun doesn’t shine (and where I couldn’t put on DEET). I wasn’t about to go in my pants. And it was during one of the three or four Nature calls did I also manage to break the fly on the zipper on my pants – further adding to the dustiness, the stickiness of the sunscreen and DEET, and the overall general discomfort of not having showered for a while…

• Day 0: EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION
• Day 1: GETTING OUR ASSES KICKED
• Day 2: SLOW DAY
• Day 3: WHAT’S THE RUSH?

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