Pills out on the trail can only mean one thing. Yup, the dreaded AFIB¹ has struck again. Going as slow as I could and taking a rest at what seemed like every few yards, it was still a struggle to bring and keep my heart rate down. It was also impossible to get it to settle into a regular rhythm.

It didn’t help that it came on at the start of the particularly steep and long climb up on to the ridge.

¹Afib — Atrial fibrillation is a quivering or irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure and other heart-related complications.

Copyright © 2024 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.