My second Plan B hike in three years this year.? Two years ago I sustained an injury that decided for me when I would exit. easy call/? This year, there was a group dynamic that was not only evolving and changing over the course of the hike, but very new to me after hiking solo forever.? I cut off the last 20 miles of the route to give a couple more days to concentrate on the exploration at hand.? It really paid off.? Got an unplanned but much-needed zero and was able to hike objectively safer and more within everyone's comfort zone.? Increased the quality of the experience, so I felt it sacrificed nothing, added a lot.
