Notes from Outside
The next best thing to being on an adventure is reading about one. Notes from Outside is a series of first-person stories exploring the meaning of “adventure,” written by people in our community.
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My guesthouse check-in deadline was getting dangerously close. I was trying to rush, but it was complicated by the fear of possibly twisting an ankle or a knee. For the first time in my life, I was sobbing from fatigue and stress.
We’re woken early by the whirring hubs of some eager cyclists, who give us a puzzled look before they continue on, laughing. Now is the moment of truth: How did dad handle his first camping experience in two decades?
My heart was pounding. We stopped to discuss what we should do. Turning back on a linear long distance trail is something you shouldn’t ever have to do. We were supposed to be going forwards, not backwards.