<p>Mike Yochim, 47, a National Parks Service planner, right, is all smiles while conversing with friend Sean Miculka before preparing for a canoe trip on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2014, in Gardiner, Mont. Yochim was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in September 2013 and will be joined by three of his closest friends for one last wilderness trip around Yellowstone Lake. (AP Photo/Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez)</p>
September 6, 2014
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September 6, 2014 9:35 p.m.
Once more into the wild
GARDINER — Mike Yochim asked for help up from a blue chair in his living room with windows overlooking a cloud-covered Electric Peak.