Originally Posted by Angus55
I was thinking back on fishing and hunting trips up to the big state, can’t remember what we were doing on this trip, but we came in from bush to Talkeetna, while there we did laundry at little place, there were two asian guys doing laundry, they had just came off McKinley , their noses were completely gone, and center of there faces were black as Cole, very shocking to see, felt so sorry for these young guys, but they were the happiest two men, laughing and making jokes to each other, didn’t cover up at all, they made it off Alive.

There are certain situations where being able to say "I AM ALIVE ... Thank you, LORD" carries a gravity that the majority of people will never understand nor appreciate...

Mainer, best wishes for a full and uneventful recovery...