Figure‑eight knot

…Weeks later a sheriff's deputy emailed to say the case files for the Heather Lake assault and three earlier disappearances were officially reopened. But investigations move slow as glaciers, and glaciers melt quicker than justice in the backcountry. I have not camped since. My gear lies in a plastic tote, zipper pulls tied with figure-eight knots I practice…

…We crawled into Dom's three-person tent because none of us wanted to spend a night alone with the memory of that figure-eight knot.…