Brandi,

I am so impressed and jealous! I loved reading your post!! It sounded like a wonderful adventure...despite your friend and your cold. I've been on a hiking tour (in Alaska) before where a couple of the people were totally unhappy while the rest of us were having the time of our lives. But because we were all enjoying our adventure so much, their complaining wasn't a total downer(They thought we were doing to much hiking!!). Maybe your friend will realize what an acomplishment it was and be happy that she did it after all. Your adventure sounds just like something I would like to do.

Thanks for sharing your story. (Your spelling looked good to me )

Clare