In Wyoming, more experienced fire managers and crews took over the fight against a wildfire burning in a rough, mountainous area of the Medicine Bow National Forest.
But in 1988, he and other firefighters had been brought in from Hawaii to fight the Clover Mist Fire, which was burning on the park's eastern boundary.
And fight like hell for as long as they can, as long as the fire is burning, as long as they feel like they're making progress, as long as they're more happy when they get up in the morning than they are irritated.