What an inspirational account of your hike. You will empower many women, including me, to be out there and take chances, to be honest with ourselves about our fears and to face them head on not run from them. You did a most wonderful job of showing the true full spectrum of emotion that a person experiences when doing something like this. It’s not all happiness and sunshine. WELL DONE!
Well done Tara. That was a great honest account. Your situation on the cliff would have scared most others (including me). The fact that you kept it together and coped is a tribute to your courage. Future challenges that you encounter (on and off the trail) will be so much easier because of this great experience.
Amazing stuff Tara. I really respect and appreciate your willingness to highlight the realism of a thru hike. What a great series. Good on you for finishing strong!
Thank you. I have always had a strong emotional connection to life, and as I get older, I am more and more open about what I believe to be healthy ways to express emotion. In this case, I barrelled through the challenge, and then BAWLED my eyes out in my tent when I was supposed to be eating dinner. Seemed like a safer place to let my emotions run wild. In the moment, I cried a bit, but just kept going.
What an achievement Tara. You are one brave and determined soul. I love that you show your true emotions. That cliff looked terrifying, but you were able to process it on the one level in the moment by removing the emotion until it was safe to feel it. That is the definition of bravery. Loved watching your thru hike. Thanks for taking us along. You inspire me.
I was on this channel because I'm researching tents, I got much more than I was searching for. But more importantly, you Tara got more than you were looking for! When we are honest, vulnerable, open and receptive; when we aren't trying to race through life or a hike, we see, we feel, we know exponentially what is both around us and within us. I was very blessed by your journey and how you chose to share it - because you certainly didn't have to. Inspirational. Passionate. Dynamic and yes scary to the point of frightening at times, and then having pushed through - beautiful! It was not lost to me or anyone the support of your husband, no doubt he is very proud of you in many many ways. I also greatly appreciate that you took God along with you - He truly was by your side the entire way. Then, now and forever. Amen. Sorry for the long post - just truly grateful for what you have shared. You did this great adventure and filmed it, adding yet another dimension to your journey. Blessings to you, your family and business.
Thank you for showing us that it's okay to be scared. You stepped out of your comfort zone and openly shared how that felt. You are brave. You are an inspiration.
So fun to watch your journey through everything. Thanks for keeping it real and showing the difficult times along with the amazing beauty God created. You are so brave to have faced and beat all the challenges you came up against. Congrats!
So super happy for you that you completed this despite all the challenges. I love how real you kept it in all the moments. Thanks for putting this together for us.
WOW! Thank you for sharing your experience. I could understand your fears, discomfort, loneliness and how difficult many of your challenges were. I cried with you at the beauty and cried with you at the accomplishment of completing such a difficult and also rewarding challenge. I see courage, I see your love of all creatures, your love of natural beauty, and I see your joy at being in the mountains. I am impressed with how aware you are of what you are feeling and how good you did at processing your emotions when the time was right. I really enjoyed this and felt like I was on an adventure with you.
Tara Frey-Durston you are welcome for the understanding and compassion through my tears... yes, I think I am an empath. I am going through some emotional, mental and physical challenges, you inspire me and help me find courage and faith. Thank you.
One of my formative childhood experiences was a long midwinter dunk in river rapids in cotton clothing. Another kid got caught in a hydraulic and survived only because he was able to occasionally surface for a breath, and an adult risked their life to go after him. Afterward, shivering uncontrollably, gear soaked, worried about hypothermia, and having to keep my numb fingers closed around the paddle. I'd still rather have that experience than your La Coulotte scramble: I hate heights. But you carried through. Hope it turned out to be "type 2 fun" in retrospect.
holyshitBalls.. never has 10m off track been soooo scary! just looking over that edge gave me the willies.. so you're doing everest next right? congratulations you did it! that was amazing & you must be soo proud.. nothings going to touch you now.. wow
I think the 10m statement is a bit misleading - it started as roughly that close to the trail, and then as I continued to skirt around the cliff band (as opposed to stay on the ridge where the actual trail was), I got gradually further and further away. By the time I realized my mistake, I was significantly off route. In hindsight, turning around would have made more sense, but I was scared by some of the things I went through, and thought going straight up to the ridge was safer...but I was mistaken! Oh well - live and learn :)
Nail biter! but seeing that (Apache Bloom, I think.) going to seed, then finishing the trail. Superb. Those petrifying crux moments reminds me of when I was a kid living in Jasper for a couple of summers. My room mate took me up the snow filled cirque under Edith Cavell. It was almost vertical when we got to the top.. No gear, he just made steps for me. After climbing up over the edge, in dread I realized I couldn't go back down and I just crumbled. He said you can't go back down... whaaaa!!?? we had to go up a bit further, much calmer and then a fun glissade down a long gentle snowfield to the bottom of the valley. I spoke to the Warden Service several years later about it, and he was pretty upset I got led up that. There isn't any snow in that cirque any longer I don't think. Thanks for bringing back that memory.. pretty gutsy gal there.
Wow. I just found this series. You are an inspiration and I find just an overwhelming sense of peace looking at your terrain. Thanks for sharing the beautiful, the hard the real! ❤️
Thanks for an awesome film full of beauty, scary, and exiting moments. I totally emphasise with your feeling on the high steeps, what a nightmare😬 So impressed that you kept moving and made it!🖖🏼
I know exactly how you felt. I've been in a situation like that and still reflect on it years later. Amazingly, you pushed forward with nobody else around. Kickass. Stronger every day. ❤
Glad I happened upon this channel and series. I thoroughly enjoyed your highs (and lows) in this beautiful journey. You're amazing and an inspiration. Peace~
I remember talking to you either here or in the Facebook group back in the summer you were doing this when you were considering quitting. There would have been no shame in that at all, but you pushed through and faced your demons. Awesome work T, you should be pretty damn proud of yourself. Hell of an accomplishment! I’m sorry we didn’t get to cross paths on the trail. My wife and I would have loved to meet you. I think we might do Section B this year.
Thanks Kurtis! I wish we had met on trail as well! I'm glad to hear you are planning to get back on the GDT this coming year. Section B is great. The new High Rock Trail is WAY more fun than walking the road!
Yay! Congrats! I really enjoyed this series and that you were so honest about your emotions. Solo hiking can be really tough and I’ve definitely had moments where I can relate to feeling like I was in over my head.
Congrats on an amazing adventure, Tara! It was so great to meet you (this is Metric btw; I might not have gone to Coral Pass if it weren't for your enthusiasm!). Love how your videos are so real and raw- in the best way possible!! Looking forward to following your future adventures!
METRIC! I saw that you went to Coral Pass! I was worried that I was talking you against going to Coral Pass! Haha. Glad it came off as "enthusiasm!" I believe you said you were low on food and were worried about the river ford...? But it looks like you CRUSHED IT and got lots of great beta. Thanks for helping other hikers out! And it was so great to meet you!
@@tarafrey-durston2606 Yep! You just had this glisten in your eyes when you were talking about it so I had to do it, and you were being really genuine about the difficulty (it can be hard to tell when people downplay or overplay difficulty). As for food, I almost always feel low on food so I had to carry both a BV500 and ursack major XL at all times... hahaha...
So inspiring! Congratulations and thank you for sharing your journey. Emotion is something that no individual should ever apologize for. It is to be celebrated. You have such strength, courage, fortitude, and skill. Enjoy what ever you do next.
Congratulations!!! You are an inspiration to me!! I’m not a peak bagger either, watching that, I was so scared for you!! But you did it and wow, you should be so proud! What a great accomplishment!! 💙
This is the only time on the GDT (at least the official route) when you have to bag a peak - well, even that's not entirely true since there is a way to "skirt around" the peak if you are going NOBO on the official route. Since I was going SOBO and on an alternate, I had to do it, but trust me, if there were a way around, I would have taken it! I am just so grateful that I didn't have to do any down climbing after the summit - I would have lost it. :)
@@tarafrey-durston2606 my gosh I would have lost it too if climbing was both sides! Lucky for you it wasn’t! I SO would love to do this trail with you! Lol! Girls trip! 😉🙂
@@debraonthego3960 Oh man! That would be fun! Just watched some of your footage from Berg Lake - you girls look FUN! And I've never even been to Berg Lake actually.
@@tarafrey-durston2606 we’ll definitely have to keep it in mind for future hiking plans!! Haha, we had a blast together on Berg!! Really a great group of women for sure! We were talking about doing the section of the GDT that starts at Kakwa Lake or Grande Cache (we are from Grande Prairie) and hiking to Berg... that would be so cool!! Can’t believe you haven’t done Berg as it’s own trip! Totally worth doing and spending time taking it in 😊
@@debraonthego3960 Kakwa to Berg would be Section G - the uppermost section. MY FAVOURITE! A real slog at times though, but totally rewarding with complete solitude and outrageous views.
I stumbled across this episode in particular and then had to watch them all from the beginning. I was really impressed with your vulnerability, courage, and attitude. Such a great video series! I've had some similar struggles. All my backpacking is solo. Not so much by choice, but simply nobody in my immediate circle really enjoys that type of activity. I'll definitely be on the lookout for more content. Thanks so much for sharing!
Well I find that very inspiring - to get into backpacking solo out of necessity, but sticking with it because you love it. My story is so different from yours. Dan has been very patient with me as I very slowly grew to love backpacking, but always with him at first. Until this GDT hike, I had never spent a night alone in a tent! Talk about going all in! I'm really glad I did though - solo backpacking is really awesome and something I plan to do a lot more of.
I haven't seen all your episodes yet but I plan to. Can you say a few words in retrospect on this section? You seemed to be in significant danger. Would you attempt such a section again solo?
So did you back track or did you go over that summit (is that barnaby ridge/summit??)? I'm planning on doing that section, but not 100% sure. If I could do everything but that summit, I'll do it for sure.
There wasn't a lot of cutting people out of the video - I honestly didn't see a lot of people! This video covers section A of the GDT. When I was starting the section (going SOBO, leaving Coleman), I saw 4 other GDT thru-hikers who were going NOBO and on their way to town. The next day, I didn't see any other hikers on the trail, but camped at a popular area (South Fork Lakes) with maybe 15 other people. Day 3 was on Barnaby Alternate, and I saw no one - that's the day I got off route and only hiked 14km in 9 hours. The next day was La Coulotte day, and again, I saw no other hikers. The next day I hiked to Waterton Lakes townsite, and saw no one hiking on the trail, except for when I passed through Red Rocks area where there were hoards of tourists looking at the river and whizzing around in cars. It honestly depends on where you are on the GDT. Some areas one can go 5+ days without seeing other hikers, and other times you could see over 50.
My wife will do most anything with me but she is not comfortable w/o me. And I think that's exactly how it should be. I know you can do it alone. But I'm not sure you should. You have all the ability to do it alone but sometimes what we think are flaws, make us perfect. It's not a flaw to trust in Dan and enjoy somethings together instead of alone. Just my thoughts and maybe it should be celebrated you fit together as a whole, and not whole separate.
Awesome Dan! I just wrote you a question on your xmid1 video. Could you try and reply when you have a sec. Im itching to pull the trigger on one, just need this one question answered and can't find an answer for the life of me online. Thanks Dan!
What an inspirational account of your hike. You will empower many women, including me, to be out there and take chances, to be honest with ourselves about our fears and to face them head on not run from them. You did a most wonderful job of showing the true full spectrum of emotion that a person experiences when doing something like this. It’s not all happiness and sunshine. WELL DONE!
Well done Tara. That was a great honest account. Your situation on the cliff would have scared most others (including me). The fact that you kept it together and coped is a tribute to your courage. Future challenges that you encounter (on and off the trail) will be so much easier because of this great experience.
My trick was to try to save (most of) my tears for later on, when I was safe in my tent. As soon as I completely give into tears, I panic.
Amazing stuff Tara. I really respect and appreciate your willingness to highlight the realism of a thru hike. What a great series. Good on you for finishing strong!
Thank you. I have always had a strong emotional connection to life, and as I get older, I am more and more open about what I believe to be healthy ways to express emotion. In this case, I barrelled through the challenge, and then BAWLED my eyes out in my tent when I was supposed to be eating dinner. Seemed like a safer place to let my emotions run wild. In the moment, I cried a bit, but just kept going.
What an achievement Tara. You are one brave and determined soul. I love that you show your true emotions. That cliff looked terrifying, but you were able to process it on the one level in the moment by removing the emotion until it was safe to feel it. That is the definition of bravery. Loved watching your thru hike. Thanks for taking us along. You inspire me.
That is so awesome! What a victory and the experience! Wow!
I came here looking for a How To video for a Great tent and also found a Great Adventure. Thank you for sharing.
Aww! Glad we could offer some variety for you :)
Good stuff!!!
I was on this channel because I'm researching tents, I got much more than I was searching for.
But more importantly, you Tara got more than you were looking for! When we are honest, vulnerable, open and receptive; when we aren't trying to race through life or a hike, we see, we feel, we know exponentially what is both around us and within us.
I was very blessed by your journey and how you chose to share it - because you certainly didn't have to. Inspirational. Passionate. Dynamic and yes scary to the point of frightening at times, and then having pushed through - beautiful!
It was not lost to me or anyone the support of your husband, no doubt he is very proud of you in many many ways.
I also greatly appreciate that you took God along with you - He truly was by your side the entire way. Then, now and forever. Amen.
Sorry for the long post - just truly grateful for what you have shared. You did this great adventure and filmed it, adding yet another dimension to your journey.
Blessings to you, your family and business.
Admiration. That kind of transparency is uncommon, and everyone recognizes truth-telling, via their own experience.
Thank you for showing us that it's okay to be scared. You stepped out of your comfort zone and openly shared how that felt. You are brave. You are an inspiration.
That was an inspiring conquering of Barnaby Ridge and La Coulotte. Definitely didn't look easy and has me a little nervous.
Thank you so much for sharing your vulnerability. Makes me feel braver about sharing mine 😊
Yay!
Beautiful....beautiful....beautiful. Your raw capture of the intimacy of the wild and its loneliness was superb. Congratulations! ☺️🙏🏼
Thank you so much! It was a mixed bag of emotions for sure, but I guess that's a thru-hike right?! Love it.
Congratulations!! Thank you for taking us with you on this incredible journey. Be well and Trail on!!
Thank you Tracey!
So fun to watch your journey through everything. Thanks for keeping it real and showing the difficult times along with the amazing beauty God created. You are so brave to have faced and beat all the challenges you came up against. Congrats!
Glad you enjoyed the series! And thanks!
Congratulations and thank you for sharing!
Thank you!
I’m so impressed with your determination .
I’m so impressed with your determination.
What an amazing trip. Respect :)
So super happy for you that you completed this despite all the challenges. I love how real you kept it in all the moments. Thanks for putting this together for us.
You're welcome :)
Thanks for sharing this wonderful experience.
You're welcome. :)
WOW! Thank you for sharing your experience. I could understand your fears, discomfort, loneliness and how difficult many of your challenges were. I cried with you at the beauty and cried with you at the accomplishment of completing such a difficult and also rewarding challenge. I see courage, I see your love of all creatures, your love of natural beauty, and I see your joy at being in the mountains. I am impressed with how aware you are of what you are feeling and how good you did at processing your emotions when the time was right. I really enjoyed this and felt like I was on an adventure with you.
Thank you! And an extra thank for crying with me...that actually means a lot. You must be an empath :)
Tara Frey-Durston you are welcome for the understanding and compassion through my tears... yes, I think I am an empath.
I am going through some emotional, mental and physical challenges, you inspire me and help me find courage and faith. Thank you.
Good on ya Tara, sure Dan is so proud of you and you should be too, congrats!
Thanks!
You did an amazing job. Congratulations Tara!
One of my formative childhood experiences was a long midwinter dunk in river rapids in cotton clothing. Another kid got caught in a hydraulic and survived only because he was able to occasionally surface for a breath, and an adult risked their life to go after him. Afterward, shivering uncontrollably, gear soaked, worried about hypothermia, and having to keep my numb fingers closed around the paddle. I'd still rather have that experience than your La Coulotte scramble: I hate heights. But you carried through. Hope it turned out to be "type 2 fun" in retrospect.
holyshitBalls.. never has 10m off track been soooo scary! just looking over that edge gave me the willies.. so you're doing everest next right? congratulations you did it! that was amazing & you must be soo proud.. nothings going to touch you now.. wow
I think the 10m statement is a bit misleading - it started as roughly that close to the trail, and then as I continued to skirt around the cliff band (as opposed to stay on the ridge where the actual trail was), I got gradually further and further away. By the time I realized my mistake, I was significantly off route. In hindsight, turning around would have made more sense, but I was scared by some of the things I went through, and thought going straight up to the ridge was safer...but I was mistaken! Oh well - live and learn :)
WELL DONE! Some of those scrambles looked pretty scary even on video! You have my lasting admiration!
I love how you say "even on video." Clearly you appreciate how film doesn't always capture pitch that well. Haha :)
Simply Awesome,
Thanks!
Nail biter! but seeing that (Apache Bloom, I think.) going to seed, then finishing the trail. Superb. Those petrifying crux moments reminds me of when I was a kid living in Jasper for a couple of summers. My room mate took me up the snow filled cirque under Edith Cavell. It was almost vertical when we got to the top.. No gear, he just made steps for me. After climbing up over the edge, in dread I realized I couldn't go back down and I just crumbled. He said you can't go back down... whaaaa!!?? we had to go up a bit further, much calmer and then a fun glissade down a long gentle snowfield to the bottom of the valley. I spoke to the Warden Service several years later about it, and he was pretty upset I got led up that. There isn't any snow in that cirque any longer I don't think. Thanks for bringing back that memory.. pretty gutsy gal there.
Be strong, stay strong...fear is healthy. We've all been there.😊
Thank you! Yes...fear is healthy. I needed that - thanks.
Well done!
Inspiring! Great job. Thx for sharing your journey.
Thanks!
Wow T-Fox this is so awesome! You're a badass! Congrats!
Wow. I just found this series. You are an inspiration and I find just an overwhelming sense of peace looking at your terrain. Thanks for sharing the beautiful, the hard the real! ❤️
Thanks for an awesome film full of beauty, scary, and exiting moments. I totally emphasise with your feeling on the high steeps, what a nightmare😬 So impressed that you kept moving and made it!🖖🏼
Ahh thank you! It was a bit of a roller-coaster for sure, but overall, this trail still has my heart.
Congratulations on finishing your hike! Great meeting you :)
Thank you, and cheers to trail friends!
I know exactly how you felt. I've been in a situation like that and still reflect on it years later. Amazingly, you pushed forward with nobody else around. Kickass. Stronger every day. ❤
It certainly "haunts" you for a while after, doesn't it? But honestly, mistakes happen - it's how we react, act, and correct that matters.
Glad I happened upon this channel and series. I thoroughly enjoyed your highs (and lows) in this beautiful journey. You're amazing and an inspiration. Peace~
I remember talking to you either here or in the Facebook group back in the summer you were doing this when you were considering quitting. There would have been no shame in that at all, but you pushed through and faced your demons. Awesome work T, you should be pretty damn proud of yourself. Hell of an accomplishment! I’m sorry we didn’t get to cross paths on the trail. My wife and I would have loved to meet you. I think we might do Section B this year.
Thanks Kurtis! I wish we had met on trail as well! I'm glad to hear you are planning to get back on the GDT this coming year. Section B is great. The new High Rock Trail is WAY more fun than walking the road!
Woooow! Oh man, you have got to be so proud of yourself my friend. That looked TOUGH. We're all proud of you. What a journey.
Aww Jeff...that means so much. I hope we can hit some trails together sooooon!!
Yay! Congrats! I really enjoyed this series and that you were so honest about your emotions. Solo hiking can be really tough and I’ve definitely had moments where I can relate to feeling like I was in over my head.
So many "over my head" moments, but always manageable if I keep a (mostly) composed level-headedness :)
Congrats on an amazing adventure, Tara! It was so great to meet you (this is Metric btw; I might not have gone to Coral Pass if it weren't for your enthusiasm!). Love how your videos are so real and raw- in the best way possible!! Looking forward to following your future adventures!
METRIC! I saw that you went to Coral Pass! I was worried that I was talking you against going to Coral Pass! Haha. Glad it came off as "enthusiasm!" I believe you said you were low on food and were worried about the river ford...? But it looks like you CRUSHED IT and got lots of great beta. Thanks for helping other hikers out! And it was so great to meet you!
@@tarafrey-durston2606 Yep! You just had this glisten in your eyes when you were talking about it so I had to do it, and you were being really genuine about the difficulty (it can be hard to tell when people downplay or overplay difficulty).
As for food, I almost always feel low on food so I had to carry both a BV500 and ursack major XL at all times... hahaha...
@@Chin.Jordan Sometimes a good mix of type-1 and type-2 fun can leave one with a gleam in their eye :)
So inspiring! Congratulations and thank you for sharing your journey. Emotion is something that no individual should ever apologize for. It is to be celebrated. You have such strength, courage, fortitude, and skill. Enjoy what ever you do next.
So hear you on 10m feeling like “Surely this can’t be a significant difference, but GAAAHH!”
Right?! I was "slightly off" at the beginning of my traverse across the cliffs, which turned into WAY off in no time. Live and learn...?
@@tarafrey-durston2606 congrats on the living part! 😂
Rad that you challenged your limits and comfort levels like that and came out the other side. Well done and congrats on completing the hike!
Thanks!
Great journey. I learned a lot watching you. I think I will do my first solo hikes on much shorter easier trails. That rough pass seemed so scary!
Congratulations!!! You are an inspiration to me!!
I’m not a peak bagger either, watching that, I was so scared for you!! But you did it and wow, you should be so proud!
What a great accomplishment!! 💙
This is the only time on the GDT (at least the official route) when you have to bag a peak - well, even that's not entirely true since there is a way to "skirt around" the peak if you are going NOBO on the official route. Since I was going SOBO and on an alternate, I had to do it, but trust me, if there were a way around, I would have taken it! I am just so grateful that I didn't have to do any down climbing after the summit - I would have lost it. :)
@@tarafrey-durston2606 my gosh I would have lost it too if climbing was both sides! Lucky for you it wasn’t!
I SO would love to do this trail with you! Lol! Girls trip! 😉🙂
@@debraonthego3960 Oh man! That would be fun! Just watched some of your footage from Berg Lake - you girls look FUN! And I've never even been to Berg Lake actually.
@@tarafrey-durston2606 we’ll definitely have to keep it in mind for future hiking plans!!
Haha, we had a blast together on Berg!! Really a great group of women for sure!
We were talking about doing the section of the GDT that starts at Kakwa Lake or Grande Cache (we are from Grande Prairie) and hiking to Berg... that would be so cool!!
Can’t believe you haven’t done Berg as it’s own trip! Totally worth doing and spending time taking it in 😊
@@debraonthego3960 Kakwa to Berg would be Section G - the uppermost section. MY FAVOURITE! A real slog at times though, but totally rewarding with complete solitude and outrageous views.
I stumbled across this episode in particular and then had to watch them all from the beginning. I was really impressed with your vulnerability, courage, and attitude. Such a great video series! I've had some similar struggles. All my backpacking is solo. Not so much by choice, but simply nobody in my immediate circle really enjoys that type of activity. I'll definitely be on the lookout for more content. Thanks so much for sharing!
Well I find that very inspiring - to get into backpacking solo out of necessity, but sticking with it because you love it. My story is so different from yours. Dan has been very patient with me as I very slowly grew to love backpacking, but always with him at first. Until this GDT hike, I had never spent a night alone in a tent! Talk about going all in! I'm really glad I did though - solo backpacking is really awesome and something I plan to do a lot more of.
🙋🏼♂️Fellow “so not a peak-bagger” here! It’s all fun & games until the grade hits 40%. Or, like, 20% on scree.
Especially alone! Yikes.
I haven't seen all your episodes yet but I plan to. Can you say a few words in retrospect on this section? You seemed to be in significant danger. Would you attempt such a section again solo?
So did you back track or did you go over that summit (is that barnaby ridge/summit??)? I'm planning on doing that section, but not 100% sure. If I could do everything but that summit, I'll do it for sure.
There are some chains at that spot now to make the route more obvious and help for safety.
So I know it's possible to cut the video so you don't see other people. How many people did you see on an average day?
There wasn't a lot of cutting people out of the video - I honestly didn't see a lot of people! This video covers section A of the GDT. When I was starting the section (going SOBO, leaving Coleman), I saw 4 other GDT thru-hikers who were going NOBO and on their way to town. The next day, I didn't see any other hikers on the trail, but camped at a popular area (South Fork Lakes) with maybe 15 other people. Day 3 was on Barnaby Alternate, and I saw no one - that's the day I got off route and only hiked 14km in 9 hours. The next day was La Coulotte day, and again, I saw no other hikers. The next day I hiked to Waterton Lakes townsite, and saw no one hiking on the trail, except for when I passed through Red Rocks area where there were hoards of tourists looking at the river and whizzing around in cars.
It honestly depends on where you are on the GDT. Some areas one can go 5+ days without seeing other hikers, and other times you could see over 50.
My wife will do most anything with me but she is not comfortable w/o me. And I think that's exactly how it should be. I know you can do it alone. But I'm not sure you should. You have all the ability to do it alone but sometimes what we think are flaws, make us perfect. It's not a flaw to trust in Dan and enjoy somethings together instead of alone. Just my thoughts and maybe it should be celebrated you fit together as a whole, and not whole separate.
Awesome Dan! I just wrote you a question on your xmid1 video. Could you try and reply when you have a sec. Im itching to pull the trigger on one, just need this one question answered and can't find an answer for the life of me online. Thanks Dan!