sometimes endurance isn’t defined by success, but is composed of failures. Scott’s personal tragedies and hiking setbacks would be enough to make most folks give up: give up on hope, give up on humanity, and give up on hiking. When it feels as if you are constantly losing and everything good is slipping away, it is difficult to muster the strength to keep trying again and again. But endurance is the ability to continue despite past results and with disregard for future outcomes.
