My first long hike. The views are amazing. Bare in mind if the route says fitness level expert it really is required. I have ignored that and the route took nearly 2 hours longer than it should. Also pulled a muscle on my hip on one of the climbs so the descent and the rest of the route was in pure pain but made it to the end. 11/10 will go again.

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