beautiful. reporter: a person can find what really matters up here, said mike hodnett and woody depew. up here so far from the raucous urban world are weekends steeped in the peace and beauty of a natural cathedral. we d ride our mountain bikes, go sit in the river, hike, go rappelling. most of the time you re just you re out there by yourself. and you make your own rules. reporter: and at night? you can go up to the top of the mountain and you can see a lot of stars you didn t know were there. reporter: but down the sides of the mountain, under a thick canopy of leaves many, many nights it s just pitch black. reporter: this is the place, these are the conditions that california prosecutor lisette suder needed to understand. it was september 26th, 1999, one of those pitch black nights, the night mike and woody lived through one of the strangest experiences of their lives. mike and woody were asleep in separate tents around a common campfire.
a person can find what really matters up here, said mike hodnett and woody depew. up here so far from the raucous urban world are weekends steeped in the peace and beauty of a natural cathedral. we d ride our mountain bikes, go sit in the river, hike, go rappelling. most of the time you re just you re out there by yourself. and you make your own rules. and at night? you can go up to the top of the mountain and you can see a lot of stars you didn t know were there. but down the sides of the mountain, under a thick canopy of leaves many, many nights it s just pitch black. this is the place, these are the conditions that california prosecutor lisette suder needed to understand. it was september, 26th 1999, one of those pitch black nights, the night mike and woody lived through one of the strangest experiences of their lives. mike and woody were asleep in separate tents around a common campfire. and both, same moment, were
up here so far from the raucous urban world are weekends steeped in the peace and beauty of a natural cathedral. we d ride our mountain bikes, go sit in the river, hike, go rappelling. most of the time you re just you re out there by yourself. and you make your own rules. and at night? you can go up to the top of the mountain and you can see a lot of stars you didn t know were there. but down the sides of the mountain, under a thick canopy of leaves many, many nights it s just pitch black. this is the place, these are the conditions that california prosecutor lisette suder needed to understand. it was september, 26th 1999, one of those pitch black nights, the night mike and woody lived through one of the strangest experiences of their lives. mike and woody were asleep in separate tents around a common campfire. and both, same moment, were suddenly startled awake. i was sleeping in my tent and i heard somebody shouting from the road about 100 yards away, help, help,
at its best. reporter: this is where the blue ridge mountains begin. and it s sweet here. it s quite lovely. beautiful. reporter: a person can find what really matters up here, said mike hodnett and woody depew. up here so far from the raucous urban world are weekends steeped in the peace and beauty of a natural cathedral. we d ride our mountain bikes, go sit in the river, hike, go rappelling. most of the time you re just you re out there by yourself. and you make your own rules. reporter: and at night? you can go up to the top of the mountain and you can see a lot of stars you didn t know were there. reporter: but down the sides of the mountain, under a thick canopy of leaves many, many nights it s just pitch black. reporter: this is the place, these are the conditions that california prosecutor lisette suder needed to understand. it was september, 26th 1999, one of those pitch black nights, the night mike and woody lived through one of the strangest experien