I’ve been reading your blogs and really appreciate them.  Wanted to let you know that our hike up bookmark really inspired me to try winter hiking with a different outlook .  I’ve realized that I have been hiking with a couple of people who simply are moving to fast and trying to keep up was wearing me out. The feeling of havibg  to go faster was making the hikes miserable,  im going to try winter hiking and stay at a pace that makes me comfortable.