Wait, you've never done the hair dryer test on a tiny corner of the wall? (it's the only real way to know)

Notice this happening with everything now, not just working out. We traded the hard work of figuring things out for the ease of just tapping a screen. I see it with cooking, where you just follow a video instead of learning the feel of the dough, or with maps, where you never learn the city. That old struggle forced you to pay attention and get it wrong until you got it right, which really built something in you. The new way is amazing, and I use it all the time, but it feels like we are building a different, maybe weaker, kind of patience. The muscle memory from fumbling with a VHS tape taught different lessons than the perfect loop of a streaming tutorial.

My cousin ran angry once, broke his hand punching a wall.

Totally get what you mean about taking a loud fan any day, @the_tara. I'm the same way, the second I feel warm I get so irritated. I ended up getting one of those big floor fans that sounds like a wind tunnel. It's obnoxious, but I can actually sleep. You just get used to the noise, but you never get used to being hot and sticky lol.

My buddy Greg bought a similar pack from a garage sale last spring. He said the chest strap was so tight it felt like a vice after just twenty minutes on the trail. He ended up donating it back and just using an old school bag instead, lol.