I’m very proud of the way that I managed to get my “shortcut” across the ravines and through the wetlands to work out, but I wouldn’t want to try it again. It looked so natural, to connect those two loose ends of bridle trail leading to the wetlands... But there was a pretty steep ravine on the way to the swampy area, with very loose shale sides, and then the marsh itself was tangled with thorns, thickets as tall as me, and mucky footing.