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K. Amman
1964
Taongi Stall, Marshall Do.
one 4' high x 5' wide Scavola. Bimón + I
were in tee-shirts and Phil was little better
off in a short-sleeved shirt. Phil could
hardly walk because his feet which had
been badly cut up by sand. We made
several forages for firewood and succeeded
in keeping a good fire going throughout,
which proved to be the one saving factor.
The rain poured, the wind blew and we
stood and sat and huddled and shivered,
one side hot and the other icy, for four
ridiculous hours. It stopped then. Until
6:30. Long enough for us to get warm. Almost.
It began again. Slowly. We departed
Kamone with no misgivings Shortly after
7. And it got worse. For another hour
and a half we inched across the water,
almost blindly in as heavy a downpour
as we could get.
At 8:30 we reached camp again. Not
quite as cozy as a health + my. Brit
dry, and a place to sleep we thought. Hoped.
In vain. The tent floor was under 2 inches
of water, cots + air mattresses and
anything in the open were soaked.
One might say we gave up in disgust at
that point. At any rate, we stood around
shivering and attempting to dry off (which was
somewhat difficult since it was raining inside