AwwwwAt lunchtime today, I listened to a podcast about a missing mother, presumed dead, and disappeared by her husband. It was the narrator stating "if you can't care about a mother that was suddenly wiped from the earth, what can you care about?" -- what I remember most. And thank you, @SpideySense -- as a WS old-timer (2013), I will never forget you introducing me to 'types' of lighting.
Personally no, I would rather go some distance away.
They lived in Carleton Rd.
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From what I see, their home sits in the middle of a forest and their backyard has a built in swimming pool. They were 21 minutes away from the trail.
It says "the challenge that hikers encounter in climbing a switchback is to endure longer hours of hike due to longer trail. What hikers need is a strong endurance to finish the whole hike."
I once did a hike that was straight down to a creek, then walk along the creek, and switchbacks to go back up. No way could we have gone back up the way we came. I said to my partner if we had done it in reverse going down the switchbacks, we would have had to go back up the same way without doing the loop.
They owned four properties in Mariposa, including one purchased recently in Jerseydale, not far from the trail. I think that's the most likely reason why they were hiking the trail that day.
No, it's not easy. But going straight up is even harder. Basically, it's like climbing a ladder vs climbing a staircase that turns at each landing.
Great description!
