I did it… I have made it across the Teklanika River and it was a close one. If I hadn’t of wandered down the side of the river to look for a more shallow spot that I could cross, I don’t know what I would’ve done. Turn back I guess. I found a more shallow part of the river about a mile down. The currents were strong but I was stronger. When I made it across that river and got myself onto dry land, the relief that washed over me was overwhelming. I didn’t think that I was gonna make it at one point when I stepped on a slick rock and fell...But I did it, I got myself up pushing against that current and kept going. I can’t even begin to explain how happy I was to be standing there alive. I started hiking on the trail lost in my own thoughts. Hours
