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Two hours later, the problem was still unsolved and we realized this was going to take far more technical know-how than either of us owned. At a time before cell phones, it meant the entire team had to return back to town to find a pay phone (remember those?) to call to our engineering department who might be able to walk us through a solution. Two hours of phone conversations followed as we shuttled between engineers and news managers until it was finally determined they or we could not fix the camera. They proposed we come home while I suggested that they ship us another camera—that very night. And they did! But it meant a lengthy road trip to the Boise airport to pick it up and a return drive that ate up most of the dark night—I recall but an hour of sleep before a return to our distant desert site for a replay of the previous day’s plan. We were greeted by an even more gorgeous sunrise and believe it or not, still-smiling crew members who were patiently giving the entire effort their all. And so did we! For the most part, I didn’t hear those two words again—at least not on that story—and the payoff for all the struggle required to travel into the Owyhee River canyon was an escape from the hurried, harried hubbub of city life.