Registered: 10/19/06
Posts: 1013
Loc: Pacific NW, USA
They made a good decision based on their equipment, conditioning and experience. If one of them was less capable than the other, I might stick to the road and longer walk, otherwise the more capable person falls down injured, the less capable is forced to press on, off trail, to get help.
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