Article 70893 Baby Steps hits on the hell and hilarity of hiking

Baby Steps hits on the hell and hilarity of hiking

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Khee Hoon Chan
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There are only two things that Nate really wants to do: use the toilet (one that, he emphasizes, comes with three walls and a door) and go home. He also walks with a strange gait, with one tiny foot raised awkwardly in front of the other, before landing with a gentle plop. At times, he teeters to one side, nearly off balance, as he strives to hike up a very tall, steep, and seemingly belligerent mountain. Nate's a ragdoll barely held together by a severely compromised musculoskeletal system, powered by a deep-seated urge to trudge toward an outhouse.

Nate is also you. The incongruity of the tedium of hiking, an activity he perennially curse ...

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