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>went deep backcountry portaging with 3 other people
>one of the group felt kinda down before we left but probably no big deal
>fastforward to 14 hours later it's the middle of the night and the camper who was feeling down is now delerious, vomiting, burning up and apparently about to die
>it's dark, raining, there's no phone service
>decide one stays with the sick camper and the other two other go for help
>portage in the dark in the rain hike back to the trail head etc.
>still no phone
>drive toward civilization until phone works
>call 911
>the weather is too bad for a helicopter they need to send a float plane
>it's almost too dangerous for float plane but they pull it off
>sick camper had an infected heart and was in the hospital for over a month
>easily could have died that night
