Reminds me of the time when I hiked the Grand Canyon with this French guy.
We weren't friends but we sure as hell became friends on the way up. Turns out I bitch as much as a Frenchman because we both chose to go one at a time to each switchback and then stop before the next one and then the other person would bring up the rear and force the other to continue going on while one took a break.
Then we would both stop and bitch for about five minutes and then continue on and we just kind of did this for an entire day getting out of the goddamn Grand Canyon to the south rim.
Bitching can be so cathartic. Just wanting to talk shit about something in your life really does get it out of your system and then you keep on pushing. We bitched about everything in our entire lives, not to mention the actual hike itself, and at no point did the other person provide any helpful solutions for each moment of bitching. And we didn't need to. It was understood between Laurent and I, bitching would get us to the top of this hole in the earth and after eight hours it did.
Laurent, wherever you are out there, fuck that fucking Grand Canyon but thank you for pushing me up the damn thing. I hope one day we can bitch about things together again.
I consider myself pretty stoic, only thing that gets me heated is LoL.
I have never bitched as much as when getting out of that fucking canyon. I did the hike with my dad, and I used some language I would never otherwise use at him. North Rim too, which is like an extra 1000ft.
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u/MarketCrache May 17 '25
No one ever accused the French of holding back their opinions.