I cannot compose an essay in which I describe all of the hardest things I’ve ever done in my life. Say, rather, that I choose not to. I choose not to ask that of my editor and publisher. The hardest things I have done in my life mostly have not been done in the out-of-doors and do not belong in this forum. They may be too traumatic or personal. Or I cannot write here about them for disclosure reasons or mandatory reporting reasons or because of taboo or shame. I have such a list, but I will not write it...

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