1983 22 January (continued) down out of the finca and into the forest. After about an hour's hard walk through dark forest we reach a newly cleared area, in the center of which is a little house w/ a tiny new garden plot right in front. Eladio sees several things that suggest this is a finca from which Antonio and Gary Hatchorn found a faint trail to the Rio Guacimo. We set out, all worried about having to camp in the forest yout water. Eladio is moving really fast - we are practically running down a faint trail and it is getting very dark. For a while I worry about snakes, taras (perapera), and falling w/ a full pack on - sure enough, Isidro gets it on one hand by one of the big black ants. 'Que lata! Those worries seem to be cancelled by the thought of losing the trail if I don't keep up w/ Eladio. Soon I am just jogging thru dark woods w/out thinking, surprisingly sure-footed. Cathy is a ways back, and finally Eladio and Isidro agree that Isidro will drop back w/ her. We will go on to find a place and then Eladio will return for them. Finally ~ 1700 when it's almost dark in the forest, we break out into a pasture and can hear a river. Eladio yells "Gracias al Dios" twice, because we realize we're a couple hundred meters upstream from the old house we passed the first day! Eladio left and soon returned w/