I had no idea if I was even capable of climbing Glacier Peak in a day. My longest day in the mountains so far was around 20 miles with around 4,000 feet of gain. The Disappointment Peak scramble route we were looking at had us clocking in 34-36 miles with over 10,000 feet of gain. COVID lockdowns had also given me an unreasonable amount of anxiety surrounding technical objectives for the 2020 climbing season. My anxiety was so bad, I had all but given up on a major summit in 2020. I finally hit a point where I was so frustrated with myself that I decided to just give it a shot.

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