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Walking into Confidence
Thru-hiking is a double-edged sword in Bailey's life - one that both empowers and afflicts her with comparisonitis. Here's how she stays grounded.
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Andrea Ference

I was raised on the side of a hill in southern Alberta with my parents and three brothers, we had a big bay window in our front room overlooking the Rocky Mountains that I would gaze out of and daydream about first ascent routes (long before I would learn what an ascent route was) and the animals I would encounter on my adventures.