Were carrying, and they ran. there was no discussion. they were going back to paya. end of story. in moments, they were gone, and robert s gear and our food and everything were just on the trail. mark, are you okay? and now it was victor and meg and robert and myself. before we could talk about what we wanted to do or what our plan was, two of the men who had passed us earlier in the day showed up. one of them was bleeding, and they were completely terrified. apparently they had been cutting bamboo and people had just started shooting at them. that s all they could say. and then one of them sort of ....