Hiking things that are difficult:

• Completing miles 11-12 of a long hike
• Carrying a 20- or 30-lb backpack
• Teetering on jagged edges of unstable rocks
• Downclimbing a steep rockslide, -2000 ft over 1 mile
• Finding trail markings in dense night fog with <10 ft visibility

Hiking that is downright treacherous: Doing all of those things simultaneously. Continue reading The Treacherous Traverse →