Hold it there, buddy!
>"I can't look back on any hike, overnighter, through-hike or mountain now without a powerful sense of loss verging on despair. Huge chunks of life wasted, trashed."
Don't even go there. You were a pro. You communed with Nature. You brought others to the Experience and you were damned good at it. You enjoyed it while you did it.
Please.......no regrets. (Should have, would have, could have.....let it go.)
