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I looked behind me, where Rebecca was pointing. She was right – it was a massive cloud, and it looked like it could turn into a thunderstorm. And it was definitely heading right for us.

So… apparently the top of a mountain isn’t where you want to be during a thunderstorm.

“Everyone, finish your dinner as quickly as you can and pack up. We need to get out of here as soon as we possibly can. Understand? We need to get away from here before that thunderstorm gets arrives. ”

As soon as Jen started speaking, everyone who was still eating started shoveling their food into their mouths at an alarming rate. I was done, so I cleaned out my bowl quickly and put it away. I packed up my backpack, which didn’t take too long.

“If you want hot chocolate, get it in your mug.”

I decided against the hot chocolate. I was pretty full, and I didn’t want to slow myself down when it came to getting off the mountain. A lot of the others had it though.

When I was done with the things I needed to do, I went to help clean the pots. As soon as we were done with the pots, we put them in someone’s pack.

I pulled out my windbreaker and headlamp. I wanted to my windbreaker in case it started raining, and I didn’t want to be caught in the dark without my headlamp. I’m not sure if it was just the clouds or if it was actually getting dark out, but I knew we were going to have trouble seeing soon.

“Packs on, everyone! Let’s go!”

All around me the crew was helping each other get the packs on. Luke helped me get mine on, and I helped him with his.

“Is anybody not ready?”

No one said anything, so Katie started walking. She and Jen had taken control again, and I was glad. I was ok with us being in charge during the day, but when it got dark? I’d much rather the professionals were in charge.

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