To go fast, go alone. To go further, go together! Not always, but here's how!

Mountain Edition Dear Reader “If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together,” Ya reckon? Have you tested the validity of this? Apparently this is an aspirational expression that's bandied around as a no brainer, but not so fast there, Nelly! It's not been my experience. Yours? As a recovering over-doer who still enjoys snappy decision making, an almost breathless, brisk pace, decent momentum and the feeling of progress and gaining ground - slowing down is neither easy...