High Adventure 2020 was a sensitive topic for me from the start. There was talk about whether this was going to even happen because of Covid, but they charged on through with the planning and preparations, and luckily the park opened up for camping right before their scheduled dates. The older boys wanted to do a super-risky, ultra-intense, crazy long...and in my opinion, insanely dangerous, hike through the Olympic mountains. I won't get into all the details, but the leaders decided to split the boys into two groups, letting them pick between summiting Mount Olympus or the 7 Lakes Basin hike. Mike and Tyson decided to go on the less intense version (7 Lakes Basin) with most of the boys who were Tyson's age and younger. (You don't even want to know all the crazy stories from the other hike...including multiple occasions that participants thought their lives were at risk--yikes.)
They hiked 30ish miles over 3 days, carrying all their food and supplies on their backs! They all survived and nobody got Covid, so I would call it a success. It was quite an accomplishment and I am proud of my boys!
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