The temperature is in the 50s. I slip out of my smart Banana Republic khaki suit and into gray sweatpants and warm layers of old shirts. The party is definitely over. The Eco-Adventure has begun. Three hours later, the wooded silence is pierced by the theme song from Mission Impossible.
Tents rustle, and inhabitants slip out of down-filled sleeping bags.
The night comes alive via flashlight and headlamp. It s go time. Overseeing this wakeup call to order is Mitch Utterback. Mitch s upper body is sculpted granite. His limbs are oak, fastened to that granite torso by steel-belted ligaments.