we all looked until the last light. you know, the absolute last light. reporter: so as the minutes tick by, the passage of time changes somehow. doesn t it? yes. yeah. it felt like days. reporter: but here, in the outskirts of a little place called douglas, wyoming, an outdoorsman named josh alexander was about to get roped into the same story. if you were given your choice of some way to spend two weeks, do whatever you want, what would it be? in the mountains hunting somewhere. that s what i live for. reporter: josh s friend and colleague nathan coyle feels just the same way. i mean, there s places, you can go and not see people for days. reporter: kind of sweet spots for you? yeah. very relaxing. very calm. quiet. reporter: in august of 2013, josh and nate planned to spend a few days in one of those sweet spots. a place most of us will never see.
reporter: so as the minutes tick by, the passage of time changes somehow. doesn t it? yes. yeah. it felt like days. reporter: but here, in the outskirts of a little place called douglas, wyoming, an outdoorsman named josh alexander was about to get roped into the same story. if you were given your choice of some way to spend two weeks, do whatever you want, what would it be? in the mountains hunting somewhere. that s what i live for. reporter: josh s friend and colleague nathan coyle feels just the same way. i mean, there s places, you can go and not see people for days. reporter: kind of sweet spots for you? yeah. very relaxing. very calm. quiet. reporter: in august of 2013, josh and nate planned to spend a few days in one of those sweet spots. a place most of us will never see. the absorcas in western wyoming, some of the most remote mountains in the country.