Death by Incline

Slow and steady made it to the top in 5 hours with one 30 min break and several 1-2 min breaks. Coming down my toes starting hurting and put my pace almost to a crawl. I had expected to descend in 3 hours but took almost 4.5 hours with one 15 min break and few minute breaks. I’ll likely look into getting new hiking shoes/boots.