trail builder, timber faller, stone mason, wilderness zealot, literature enthusiast, and slightly better poet than rupi kaur
Aug 24 โข 11 tweets โข 3 min read
I went on a 17 hour Search and Rescue op in the rain yesterday.
12 hours in, the team was complaining about being "gassed" discussing giving up and I was just like ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ I'm at like 95% and I've been up since 0230.
Could not relate at all.
Couple thoughts here... ๐งต 1) If you're going to do something very hard, come prepared.
Team all had lightweight hiking shoes. I had on 11" tall sturdy waterproof boots. Feet never got wet. Takes a great deal of strain off the ankles in extreme terrain. Hard rubber and stiff soles sidehill ๐๐ป