Update: my hiking buddy talked me out of the Eagle Rock loop and I'm still mad about it
We were planning the 3 day route through the Ozarks for months, and two days out my buddy Dave said his knee was acting up and he wanted to bail for the flat 6 mile trail near Fayetteville instead. I went along with it to keep the peace, but we finished in under 2 hours and I spent the rest of the weekend staring at my map feeling cheated. Has anyone else caved on a route change and regretted it, or was he actually right to play it safe?