"I get to a certain point in tough hikes like this where time stretches out like a big piece of melting taffy. The end seems nowhere in sight. The climbing never ends. The negative thoughts find a tiny crack in my emotional defenses where they can climb back in and start dismantling hope from the inside.
But somehow, the endless visual feast more than compensated for the difficulty."
https://seasonsofjason.com/the-redemption-hike-finishing-the-upper-yosemite-falls-trail/