Well, the main thing you can say about today is that it was all downhill. Ha ha. It was a beautiful walk and beautiful weather after we got out of the early morning wind. But both of us were ready for it to be done. It was a constant downhill, sometimes quite steep. Both of us had sore sore feet at the end.
Charlie’s track showed we descended a little over 2000 feet. So not quite as bad as hiking down from Sandia Crest to the La Luz trailhead but there were fewer switchbacks! (Like none.)
Yes, I always find downhill worse than uphill. By a lot. Only time I ever got blisters. And I always tell people who like downhill that “downhill is hard on the knees and does nothing for you heart.”