What was it? Why was it difficult? How did you get through it?
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Although hiking for almost 7 weeks this summer on the AT with a torn rotator cuff had its challenges, I would have to go with my AT hike in Summer of 2013. First 3 of 4 weeks it rained some everyday. Then when it finally stopped raining the 4th week I had I what I thought was a stress fracture in my left foot (ended up just being bruised tissue after I got home and the Doctor XRayed it).TrafficJam wrote:
What was it? Why was it difficult? How did you get through it?
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OzJacko wrote:
The first one.
OzJacko wrote:
The first one.
Rasty wrote:
The scales in Grayson highlands to Partnership shelter. My left meniscus was killing me and my right IT band was also killing me. What should be a easy section was very painful.
Second would be the lakeshore trail where I first injured my meniscus the year prior. It took me five very painful miles to get a cellphone signal to call for a boat shuttle back to Fontana marina. The walk from Fontana marina to Fontana dam, which is about a ten minute walk took almost an hour.
OzJacko wrote:
While my first answer was serious, on the AT there were many hard days. My condition was a huge factor in making them harder. For example there is one early in the south Mt Albert or something similar that was hard but the Virginia legs wouldn't have thought twice about it. For sections that I found hard South Kinsman and Mahoosuc Arm stand out but probably my body condition and mindset on the day had a lot to do with that.
On the Bib I had a lot of 40km+ days but none were as hard as a 35km day early on when the last 1km plus a bit just got increasingly steeper. Not real steep but relentless. Company helps on a hard day.
If you can do it in a physical sense then you can do it. True hardness is when the mind isn't along for the ride.
rafe wrote:
Been thinking about this question and how to respond. Are we talking worst day hiking? Or worst hike? Physically hardest, or emotionally? What makes a hike "challenging?" Is it the terrain, the weather, or what's in your head?