You were onto something with “It’s the Climb,” Miley

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter.

For my fianceé’s 30 th birthday, I took her on a weekend trip to Shenandoah National Park – a favorite of ours since we went to a wedding there several years back. We’ve done several incredible hikes over the years, but one in particular had always loomed over my head: Old Rag, a 9. 3 mile circuit hike that’s largely considered the most difficult in Virginia.

I've always been warned that at the beginning and end, you hate Old Rag. For the first 2. 6 miles, you’re hiking a steep climb on a dirt road, with lots of switchbacks, and plenty of places where you turn a corner and groan, because there’s an even steeper section ahead.