Sorry to hear you got rained on but glad to hear you made it out ok. My wife and I have lost a hiking friend years ago after a harder-than-expected Presidential Traverse with a friend who had gotten badly out of shape. Back then we didn’t really know anything and didn’t realize what we were getting into. But it sounds like you do know what you’re doing; is there an opportunity to limit trips with the casual friend to lower risk endeavors?

[–] CherenkovBlue@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 1 year ago

That was the trail, and not even the worst of the mud. Wee!

[–] CherenkovBlue@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 1 year ago

Oof that sounds tough. Sorry you lost a hiking buddy.

Yeah, husband and I talked about limiting to low risk, short endeavors (7 miles max per day) but that makes it quite challenging to do something around here. And we will have to go on bluebird days only, meaning being willing to cancel a planned hike.

Give me a year... I'm sure by then I will be willing to come up with something. Right now I'm still, shall we say, not in the mood.