hiking tips

When you're allergic to wasps but leave your epi pen at home, you should consider turning around.

When you have to cross a fast-moving stream on a log, with a baby strapped to your chest, you should consider turning around.

When you lose the trail at the first dry creek bed and spend fifteen minutes looking for it before a forest ranger happens to wander by and point you in the right direction, you should consider turning around.

When the afore-mentioned ranger asks "How far you goin'?" and raises his eyebrows at your answer, you should consider turning around.

When you drain two-thirds of your water supply and have been hiking for two hours, you should consider turning around.

When you're tired, sore, scratched up, and think "I can go just a little longer," stop considering it. Turn around.