August 2014, Days 2 & 3.

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Everyone slowly woke to the familiar smell of coffee and the sound of hushed voices.  Once caffeinated and packed up, we decided to cross the dam and take a look at the helicopter crash site.

Just days before we arrived, a chopper that was ferrying supplies for the Jamboree crashed on the shore of Buck Island Lake. Fortunately, everyone survived.  It was still a very surreal scene, with bloody clothes visible and even the pilot’s headset resting in the cockpit window frame.

Once we returned to the campsite, we left Buck Island Lake, quickly encountering a fun series of ledges right out of the gate.

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