An Unknown Number of Points in Regards to Some Outdoor Trip That Happened

Lists. They make writing blog posts approachable. They give everyone a good idea of how much time they are committing to an article (7 Ways to Ignore Algebra? that should be a quick read, 12 Times You Wasted Your Life? still probably not a waste of time, 99 Faux Pas' in Harry Potter? this sounds like a commitment, 3 Ways Parentheses Ruins Your Writing? too few points is suspect, I can guarantee the author will write at least three paragraphs for each point). Really, at the end of the day, I am just utilizing a list to limit my own commitment to writing. If try to write in a great, elaborate way I will make it four paragraphs (and one third of the way through the introduction) in and then find myself bored with my own musings.

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1. Gore-tex is invincible. At least that's what everyone who owns it tells everyone who doesn't own it in the safety of REI, MEC, or any other outdoor gear emporium of $500 pieces of plastic we call clothing.

2. Gore-tex makes getting soaked to the bone in 120 minutes far more enjoyable than getting soaked to the bone in 10 minutes.

3. This aforementioned enjoyment may be subsequently ruined when one realizes that if one is in the rain for 500 minutes, one just spent an inordinate amount of money on spending 60% of the time soaked to the bone instead of 98% of the time soaked to the bone.

4. Math is most accurate done while sitting in a warm room drinking lukewarm coffee, but in contrast, is most effective for distracting from misery when soaked to the bone at the elevation point where snow is melting into rain 100ft. about oneself.

5. Attempting video of this event caused my phone to die, but before it died I took this picture of what was an incredibly brave buck that made eye contact with me and didn't move while I was very close to him.

This led to me fearing he might be some freak deer that is protective of this bland piece of road...so I took a picture that reflects how distant we actually were and was deemed completely useless for Instagram, therefore, a complete waste of my amazing resource of a smartphone that occasionally dies under the strain of taking videos.

6. This hike was lonely, but otherwise great!

7. Hiking in the rain with expensive clothing is occasionally worth it.

8. When contrasted against sitting on one's couch watching YouTube, hiking in the rain with any clothing is 100% worth it.

9. Somebody somewhere once said that they hate hiking and only resort to it because it's the only way they can get somewhere they want to go.

10. That somebody somewhere mentioned in point number nine perfectly described my feelings about hiking.

11. Quit reading this, close your electronic device that you should be grateful doesn't randomly die when you try to take videos with it, and go do something that is 100% worth it when contrasted against sitting on your couch watching YouTube

(11b. I would suggest hiking/walking/running/driving pointlessly/needlessly/aimlessly/joyously in the rain/snow/sleet/sunshine until one is thankful/grateful/mildly happy/content with watching YouTube on your couch and drinking coffee again)