I attempted another group hike last week. I have to admit, I was a bit overly confident about my abilities on this one. As in, I was not able to complete the hike! I had to call it about half-way through the evening. But the part that I did do was, as always, just stunningly gorgeous – and I’m really happy that I got out and attempted to hike that night. So all in all, I count it as a win.
The group met at the parking lot about 2 miles in on the Archangel Road up in Hatcher Pass, where we had a brief safety moment and went over the planned hike. Then we started on up the hill. That was my undoing. I do not go uphill very well, and this one was a good 2 miles long! But the group was very understanding and did not make me feel too bad for ruining everyone’s hike – they just took each stop as an opportunity to snack and/or take in the views.
I am thinking I might ask my partner to take me back there one day so that he and I can attempt it together. I really would like to go all the way to the end and back, and maybe with him I won’t feel so self-conscious about having to stop all the time. Also, his truck can get us quite a bit closer to the actual trailhead, thereby deleting over half of the incline hiking!
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