the physical difficulty. you can t think about how far you have to go in the whole loop, it could be hours. i think my second loop took me 21 hours this year. that is a day in the woods with no creature comforts. you have to just keep moving forward one step, one book, one climb at a time. for even the most accomplished all tra rrunners, impossible. i am going to self extract. this is really trying to provide an opportunity for them to bring it out. at the point where you are lost or where you made some mistakes, it will be physically impossible to get in in time. around loop 11, if we can find it, it seems like we re not going to make it. it would be great if everyone