I've taken no comments or suggestions as being hard on me in anyway. I have actually learned more in just the few responses back than I thought I had the months and months of training and research I did prior to the hike. As time moves further away from that awful hike, there were so many mistakes I now clearly see. First mistake was going with the person I did, regardless of what had even happened on the trail yet. There was very little discussion and planning 'together' for this hike and all the questions you all have asked if I asked myself, or if my parter and I discussed is pretty much a 'no'. Learning from all my mistakes is so important because I do not want to ever be afraid to do the one thing I love the most.
