*epic meaning a very long day, not like a we’re-gonna-die epic
- “You’ll be fine.”
- “I’m pretty sure it’s this way.”
- “We don’t need a map.”
- “I know where I’m going.”
- “Seems to be a bit further than I thought.”
- “There’s a bit of bushwhacking.”
- “The guidebook said to go up the ‘obvious gully.’”
- “We don’t need rain gear—it’s not supposed to rain until later.”
- “Hope you’re OK with a little breakable crust.”
- “I have an excellent natural sense of direction.”
- “I don’t remember it being this overgrown.”
- “Hopefully it’s just this short section of postholing.”
- “For some reason, I thought it didn’t get dark until later.”
- “No, I’m pretty sure I heard you say back at the car that you packed the tent poles.”
- “Those are not storm clouds. Those are just big, tall, puffy clouds.”
- “That’s what I forgot to buy—batteries for this headlamp.”
- “I’m 90 percent sure we go left here.”
- “So I looked through my whole pack, and it turns out I only brought one climbing shoe.”
- “Wow, these dehydrated meals have a lot of fiber in them. Like a lot a lot.”
- “It says to look for ‘a faint climbers’ trail.’”
- “Wow, I guess it really is true that when you’re lost, you walk in circles.”
- “I dropped the rack.”
- “The good news is, we will still have 15 meters of rope left.”
- “How many times do I have to tell you, we’re not lost.”
- “I thought it was just going to be a fart.”
—Brendan
