It took us a little longer to get to this next pack. We were running for about five hours before we stopped to take a break at a stream that we came across, and we had a rest. Ethan suddenly stood up when he heard voices in the distance, and we all stayed really still, listening to them in the distance. Listening to their conversation and everything. We soon determined that they were just hikers, but we couldn't risk being seen.

"Come on. Let’s get going," Ethan told us all, his ...