This is the companion post to Episode 2 of the podcast. If you haven't listened yet, head there first Remembering the year leading into this hike I remember feeling chronically underprepared or ill-equipped to accomplish such a feat. I remember anxiety spiralling trying to convince myself it wasn’t the scariest thing I had ever decided to do, that I wasn’t over committing myself, that I hadn’t puffed my chest to full of hot air, bravado, and very little knowledge or capabilit