It's much easier approaching from the other side. I once did the same climb as you into a howling headwind and was barely able to make much ground against a couple of ramblers walking the same way.
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It's much easier approaching from the other side. I once did the same climb as you into a howling headwind and was barely able to make much ground against a couple of ramblers walking the same way.