u/1Aspiring_Pilot

AITA for being upset my friend left me behind on a night hike

A few days ago I drove my friend from Reykjavík Iceland to Diamond Beach (3 hours that day with another 2 hours back to our room). We decided to do a night hike nearby. I initially objected because it was dark (kind of), icy, and snowy, but he really wanted to go so I agreed not to be a buzzkill.

During the hike he went off-trail twice without telling me, he kept pushing ahead despite me struggling to keep up, and yelled for me to follow. I have bad balance, not great hiking shoes, and a little bit of night blindness all things he knew and that I reminded him about multiple times through the years. Hence me struggling to keep up. When I finally reached the peak, he immediately wanted to turn around. I told him "we" will go down slowly for my safety. But on the way down he started running far ahead, leaving me behind on the dark, windy, icy trail. I got lost for a bit on one of the off trail parts he had taken. Eventually I spotted him waiting at the bottom. He didn’t say anything when I reached the car. Later I found out he was mad at me for “going too slow.”

Like I said I did tell him the issues before the hike and he did know them beforehand. But I'm an adult, AITA for being upset and ignoring him on the drive back?

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u/1Aspiring_Pilot — 4 days ago