Cy Kaicener wrote:I am older than 60 and younger than 80. You start to worry when everybody is younger than you are
KathyW wrote:I've cut all the switchbacks on Baden-Powell, but only when the mountain was covered with snow.
Ditto plus other places like below Trail Crest on Whitney with snow covering.I've cut all the switchbacks on Baden-Powell, but only when the mountain was covered with snow.
During my first year of hiking, long long ago, I cut nearly every switch back thinking that they were like the longest way to get to somewhere and were made for old folks. I could go faster going straight up! Then on one outing some young hiker person, might have been Letty French if any of you know her, really laid into me about doing it. I thought about the situation and looked very carefully at the trail I was on and suddenly marveled at what it did. After that trip, if there was a trail I took it and if I wanted to scramble or climb I went somewhere else.... Very tempting on the way down.
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