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I left about an hour before the Students, but their young legs and boundless enthusiasm meant that immediately after stopping to filter my water, I heard them laughing and gallivanting as they crossed the footbridge. We hiked together for a while telling jokes, but soon I realized there was no way I could maintain their uphill pace and bowed out. I would catch up, hike with them a while, and then stop and rest all day.
