One boy had asked to be picked up at the halfway mark, and that seemed to make the rest of them more determined. At that halfway mark, the children were given snacks and water, but in exchange, their GPS was taken away, and they had to follow their instincts. “I’m going,” Stijn observed. “I don’t know why I’m going, but I’m going.”It was nearly 2 a.m. when they stumbled into camp. The campers wolfed down the food, stared into the fire for a few minutes, and stumbled to their tents.

Source: New York Times July 21, 2019 17:40 UTC