James Rodriguez
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
The perimeter lights created a 30-yard circle of visibility around our equipment.
Beyond the darkness, Sarah emerged from her tent at 380, moving with the quiet efficiency of someone accustomed to not disturbing others.
She nodded when she saw me, then walked toward the water's edge, stopping just before the gentle surf.
I watched her silhouette against the starlit ocean for eight minutes before she returned.
Her face taut.
Everything all right?
I asked.
I saw someone walking on the beach.
Her voice was steady.
Clinical.
Approximately 100 yards south.
Walking north, then gone.
I stood.
When?
Just now.
Figured it must be one of us, but she glanced back at the row of occupied tents.
Everyone's accounted for.
I grabbed my flashlight.
Show me.
We walked the shoreline, keeping ten feet between us in the water.