being able to find humor in just about any situation. there are so many days when it’s really hot, or you’re sore and tired, and hiking is not exactly the most fun activity you could be doing. you have to be able to find humor in things to keep going. we laughed together, we laughed at ourselves, we laughed at each other, we laughed when we fell down, and we had a blast hiking together. often when we would lay in our sleeping bags at the end of the day, one of us would think of something funny that happened that day and before we knew it we were both 