Post AYrNfLjgPOxJJtqAsK by Brad_Rosenheim@climatejustice.rocks
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 (DIR) Post #AYrNfFxzrGq9QYUWLw by Brad_Rosenheim@climatejustice.rocks
       2023-08-11T17:58:35Z
       
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       Who would think you can contract #COVID19 in the wilderness? I certainly didn't. But I went backpacking last week and tested positive for COVID 4 days after traveling home. On the trip, we1. Flew in a commercial jet2. Shopped at an REI for stove fuel and bear spray (can't fly with those)3. Stayed in a nearly empty inn4. Backpacked for 4 days5. Stayed at a hotel6. Traveled home by planeSo why do I think it was the backpacking?https://climatejustice.rocks/@Brad_Rosenheim/110836743016581456
       
 (DIR) Post #AYrNfGwGFD2uRSgeHo by Brad_Rosenheim@climatejustice.rocks
       2023-08-11T18:02:50Z
       
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       On the last night we were backpacking, we were at a wonderful shelter called Birch Glen, with a cabin for about 12 people and three different tent sites. The cabin even had a front porch! We had the place to ourselves until dinner time. The a group of about 12 people arrived - middle school summer campers and two counselors from the Farm and Wilderness group. The kids and I cooked dinner at the fire pit and then cleaned up for bed by around 8 - we wanted to hike out early the following g morning. While we cooked and ate, the counselors had trouble getting help with their meal from their campers and distant thunder rumbled in the valley below.
       
 (DIR) Post #AYrNfLjgPOxJJtqAsK by Brad_Rosenheim@climatejustice.rocks
       2023-08-11T18:05:54Z
       
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       While we tried to sleep, thunderstorms moved in and forced them to move their cooking into the front porch of the cabin. It kept us up for about 2 hours longer than we wanted to stay up, but the annoyance was understandable given the intense thunderstorms that would last most of the night. They returned to their tents and we finally slept.In the morning we woke up and hiked out before any of the woke up. As we left, I noticed 4-5 COVID-19 tests, used, lying on the table in the cabin.
       
 (DIR) Post #AYrNfO8vSWKsmlfMUy by Brad_Rosenheim@climatejustice.rocks
       2023-08-11T18:08:38Z
       
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       5 days after that, I tested positive. So far, luckily, the kids haven't tested positive or shown any symptoms. I've isolated away from my wife and kids and hopefully it will stay that way.