The Hardest Part of the Hike

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Race To The Finish

It was very clearly a race, even though never explicitly stated. At times, I pulled ahead; sometimes, another one of the five front-runners managed to get around me and take the lead. Even though we were hiking with 30 other people, they were unaware of the intense competition taking place at the front of the group. All of us wanted to be the first camper to the campsite. Not that we were going to get anything special for getting there first; it was purely for bragging rights, a way to demonstrate that this hike wasn’t even a challenge for us.

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Yaglossary, From Blears to Ziggamaflops

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Every camp has their own language; nonsense phrases that every camper recognizes instantly, everyday words that definitely don’t mean everyday things. Once in a while, you might even find yourself slipping a camp word into a conversation with non-camp friends, and be met with bemused stares until you realized that they have no idea what you were trying to say. Here’s a helpful glossary of the uniquely Yagilu terms you might hear thrown around.

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