" A walk-up Kilamanjaro (usually guided), and some rock climbing doesn't amount to tackling the Presidential Traverse in extreme weather. There's no possible way she was "experienced" with that sort of weather, based on a multitude of incredibly stupid decisions."
I have some young friends that did Kilamanjaro within a year before coming to visit me at the farm. We camped on the back of the property and Saturday morning they asked for a hike before breakfast. The farm has less than 200 feet of altitude difference. I was in my mid 40's at the time. I had these two sucking air like a carp and begging for mercy within an hour.
I don't claim any major physical prowess in my younger years, and certainly not at 45, and certainly not now at 56. My point is that K-jaro can't be all that rigorous.
