The Shorts--Aloha Life

The Dirtbag Diaries

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Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2018

⏱️ 16 minutes

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“Here I was, a professional wilderness instructor with no food or water, a sopping wet tent and wetter sleeping bag, no way to banish the chills or signal that I needed help,” says Emma Walker. “For the first time in my career, I began to think I might need a rescue.” Emma’s husband Bix has also worked for years as an outdoor guide and educator. So, when the two of them set out on an overnight backpacking trip to a beach on Hawaii’s big island, they were unconcerned--maybe a little too unconcerned. Emma Walker and her husband, Bix, have both worked for years as wilderness instructors, so when the two of them set out on an overnight backpacking trip to a beach on Hawaii's big island, they were unconcerned. Maybe a little too unconcerned.

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0:57.6	wild. I stood on a black sand beach at sunset. Brilliant turquoise waves
1:05.3	laughed at my toes. I felt utterly relaxed. A gentle breeze tussled my hair.
1:13.6	Somewhere in the vast ocean in front of me a fish jump. I turned to take in the
1:18.3	scene behind me straight out of Jurassic Park. The emerald carpeted walls of
1:23.0	Waimanyu Valley towered above me. Silver waterfall fell 2000 feet to the valley
1:27.5	floor. Not all beach vacations live up to the height I thought but this one
1:33.4	certainly does. Just as I unscrewed the lid of my now jean to toast the aloha
1:37.7	life the first straps of rain began to fall.
1:48.3	I'd been looking forward to my family's trip to Hawaii for nearly a year. My
1:56.8	parents wanted to run a relay race on the big island and my husband Bix and I
2:00.1	eagerly signed on. I envisioned sitting on the beach with a cocktail
2:03.7	preferably served in a hollowed out coconut. Not everything has to be an
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