To find yourself on Crib Goch in November can be both a stressful and beautiful experience.

Hormesis (in biology) is a term used to explain a strengthening response when a subject is exposed to and then recovers from external environmental stresses. In essence, what doesn't kill you actually makes you stronger.

Earth is the literal bedrock for life, and its hard, resilient qualities echo through our biology through processes like hormesis. The mountains are a place where we shouldn't be. We approach them with respect, often intimidated, but the call to adventure takes so many up to these wild unforgiving places. When time is spent there, the mountains rub off on us and we leave stronger our resolve hardened.

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