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A few minutes later I had ascended into the clouds and visibility was down to around 50 feet. Given that the wind was also occasionally trying to take me off my feet, this was turning out to be one of the most challenging hikes I'd ever undertaken.
Also, the top couple of hundred meters of the Watkin Path, i.e. basically the bit I was having to do in very reduced visibility, entail a fairly unpleasant semi-scramble up a steep, loose rocky slope. It was often difficult to tell which direction the path went off in because it looked like over time people had gone off in all directions. If it hadn’t been for the trail I was following on my Garmin Fenix, I think I would have had a serious sweat on at this point given that a) I’d seen no people all day so far, b) I had no phone signal, c) I couldn’t see very far, and d) it was incredibly windy.
I can see why so many people get into difficulties up here.
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