It is imperative that you trust yourself and your ability to hike on steep terrain all day over boulders and loose rock— often using your hands to scramble over boulders. Please do not sign up for this retreat if you get easily scared by scrambling over rocks and boulders. Please see pictures below to get a sense of the terrain we will hike on summit day with our smaller day-bags.
Please see pictures below to get a sense of the terrain we will hike with our larger backpacks the day before and after summit day. You must be able to carry 35 lbs for 6 hours with 1 break each hour over this type of terrain.
