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Not a ranger, but back in 2010 I had just finished a wilderness leadership class, and I had decided to go to Colorado to get some solo wilderness time. I found out about some hot springs near the Colorado River, that were only accessible during the winter. This is since, during the summer the melted snow raises the water level of the river, and they become submerged. So I decided to go and spend a few weeks out there. It was technically on Bureau of Land Management land, and I had about a 4-mile hike from where I parked, to where I was camping. The BLM lady who watched the land saw me when I arrived and asked me to just write the date on my windshield every week, to let her know I’m still alive out there. Anyways, it was pretty pleasant out there – but every night I was terrified of the bears, they should be sleeping. But if they aren’t sleeping at night, it means they are hungry as hell and I’m a potential dinner for them. For this reason, I decided to set up my camp close to a cliff....

Since vacations were finally starting, my gang and I decided to go to a forest camp in the dense forest of the Death Valley National Park instead of a club this time. At first, I thought it was a bad idea, but then, we live life only once. That shit struck me at that moment, and after a while, when I reconsidered my decision, my friends did not allow me to back off. I had no choice but to go. So we got on the bus led by a camping instructor. We were on a camping trip with other unknown groups. The forest was dark even in daylight. The drive was all fun and games until our bus suddenly jerked to a halt. The sudden jolt got us all worried. But we later realized that our bus had got punctured. So we had to walk our way to the campsite. We were more than halfway through our bus journey. Eventually, after a long, arduous walk, we reached the campsite. We unpacked our bags, only to find that we were out of water for the rest of the outing. It is not that we had not packed enough water, but w...