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Mountainous Fails: Tales of Overconfidence, Altitude, and a Humbling Lack of Coordination

📍 "Mountainous Fails"
🌨️ Two mountain rescues, one overinflated ego, and a pair of soggy pants later…

Mountains have taught me many things: humility, the importance of warm pants, and why confidence doesn’t always equal skill. From tumbling like a human snowball at 17 to discovering snowshoes won’t save you from altitude sickness in middle age, I’ve learned the hard way that I’m better suited to sea level.