It’s a concept that is fully grasped as it is happening. Hiking down, coming down, or even, “Be right down!”, are all states of doing that often take longer and are potentially harder than their variable counterparts of ‘UP’. This part of the trek was technically on our way down from the mountains. However, as we descended, another difficult stage began to emerge…we could see the path straight ahead, knew we were edging closer to the end, yet the distances we could see were tricky to judge. It took me over 2 hours to catch up to the 3 hikers ahead. Distances may seem straight, but the path never is.