Max Carmichael

Last Sunday’s challenging hike didn’t seem to have done any lasting damage, so I figured I was ready for the next step in my recovery. But I didn’t want to press my luck. There was another medium-distance-and-elevation hike I’d been eyeing that uses switchbacks to avoid the steep grades from last week.

The weather had cooled off a little, with high winds forecast in the afternoon, and not a clo