Rachel Fuys

photo: Jimmy Chin

The days spent ascending Hkakabo Razi have been some of the most challenging of my life. The mountain was incredibly beautiful, complex, and wholly underestimated. We pushed as hard as humanly possibly, but ultimately turned back shy of the summit without the safety margins and resources to take the necessary few days we would have needed. Winds howled, I broke my wrist (and don’t even remember how), and we had an adventure unlike any other.

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Bring a trash bag. Don’t be that guy throwing banana peels and Cliff Bar wrappers in the bushes. No one likes that guy.