1986 D.A. Good Journal 1000 m camp 14 April Weather Today rain pretty much all day - sometimes torrential, sometimes light. Occasionally not raining. 15 April I essentially took the day off today. After breakfast Manuel + Federico went up to 1500m with some of our stuff + the animals we were keeping alive. Federico stayed there the night while Manuel came back ca 530PM. Chris + Craig went down to 700m with our preserved specimens + some tissue samples for the liquid nitrogen. They returned in mud-late afternoon. I stayed in camp + apart for one foray to find a trail that we could bear from camp (probably Bubo confinis). I stayed in camp + read a book. Weather day in early morning, raining on + off steadily the rest of the day. Tomorrow we head for 1500m. 1000m Camp to 1500m camp 16 April Mud. One word pretty much sums it up. We left the 1000m camp at about 830AM + hiked up to the 1500m camp. The trail has been walked on by the entire expedition with the exception of us - repeatedly by some members, especially the mammalogists. It is very churned up + the mud is here deep in spots. There are several places where the trail goes under fallen trees - requiring us to crawl on our knees in the mud. Oh well, the joys of field work. We finally reached the 1500m camp about