I have been tracking all my hiking and walking data since I moved to Switzerland in 2017. In the month of August of this year, I set a personal record for distance and elevation. That month alone I gained more elevation than in all of 2023 or 2024 (granted those were relatively sedentary years). For September I beat those records (by a small margin). My best complete hiking year to-date was 2025, but I’ve already surpassed that for 2026 with nearly double the elevation gain. Who says things don’t get better with age?
Maybe this is me having a midlife crisis, but even if so, I’ll take it.