Hermit does indeed have some big waves. We spent our usual 10 minutes deciding exactly where not to die. There were many such places to do so. The waves were big enough that after my adventure at Horn, had no desire or inclination to run the wave train. So I started left and never stopped heading that way. Was glad there was an alternative route although everyone else went for the glory and made it. Glory 1, Glory 2, and Glory 3.