A first-person account from off the beaten track, as told to Anne Ford.
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“My first day, I got lost, which was embarrassing. They gave me a run, and I was maybe a block away from it, but I ended up going the opposite direction, and I kept going for a while. They kept on calling me. I’m like, ‘I’m almost there! I’m almost there!’ but I had no idea where I was. I was like, ‘Aw, man, they’re gonna fire me.’ But they just ended up going, ‘Oh, it happens to everybody.’
“Once I started buying the proper gear, it made all the difference in the world. I like the Under Armour. I have one of those and maybe a windbreaker, and I’m pretty much good to go. The one secret little cheap thing that I do is, I wear Jewel plastic bags wrapped around my feet to keep ’em warm. It’s not very breathable, so it may sound gross, but it works. It works. It keeps everything contained.
