I am very touched by this article James. All my life I have avoided challenges with the fear of failure being stronger than the desire to achieve. Your strength shines through in your journey, your resilience and facing your fears that way is commendable. I can only imagine how small you feel when faced with a high mountain yet you conquered it. Reading your words makes me realise what time we waste worrying about the small things in life. In this challenge James you wept and that can be so healing. It is not just about the physical pain it is about the out pouring of the pain held inside that we repress to get through every day.
You are an inspiration. It's not the destination that matters as much as the journey.
This resonates so much about the mountains and putting things into perspective.
I feel the same in that the journey and surroundings makes you reset your perspective, be grateful for what you have, builds resilience, appreciation for other humans.
I had a similar experience on Mt. Kilimanjaro in Jan this year.
I remember saying that I feel 'at home' amongst the mountains and that the challenge of Kilimanjaro and the added challenge of altitude sickness made me doubt myself all the way through. Bit something made me book it. My parents whom are separated and both have Alzheimer's Disease inadvertently teach me that you never know what's around the corner and that resilience is something that can be learned and practiced.
The 'magic' that happened wasn't actually summiting it was being amongst like-minded people, connected by a challenge and in our case fundraising for a grass roots charity, but it was human connection, support, teamwork and personal growth.
We've all experienced it off the mountain!
So when you say it has changed your life in some way, initially after my trip I didn't know what this meant but knew my energy was at a higher level.
Thank you so much for sharing this and your unfiltered narrative!
I am very touched by this article James. All my life I have avoided challenges with the fear of failure being stronger than the desire to achieve. Your strength shines through in your journey, your resilience and facing your fears that way is commendable. I can only imagine how small you feel when faced with a high mountain yet you conquered it. Reading your words makes me realise what time we waste worrying about the small things in life. In this challenge James you wept and that can be so healing. It is not just about the physical pain it is about the out pouring of the pain held inside that we repress to get through every day.
You are an inspiration. It's not the destination that matters as much as the journey.
Well done and thank you for sharing.
This resonates so much about the mountains and putting things into perspective.
I feel the same in that the journey and surroundings makes you reset your perspective, be grateful for what you have, builds resilience, appreciation for other humans.
I had a similar experience on Mt. Kilimanjaro in Jan this year.
I remember saying that I feel 'at home' amongst the mountains and that the challenge of Kilimanjaro and the added challenge of altitude sickness made me doubt myself all the way through. Bit something made me book it. My parents whom are separated and both have Alzheimer's Disease inadvertently teach me that you never know what's around the corner and that resilience is something that can be learned and practiced.
The 'magic' that happened wasn't actually summiting it was being amongst like-minded people, connected by a challenge and in our case fundraising for a grass roots charity, but it was human connection, support, teamwork and personal growth.
We've all experienced it off the mountain!
So when you say it has changed your life in some way, initially after my trip I didn't know what this meant but knew my energy was at a higher level.
Thank you so much for sharing this and your unfiltered narrative!
What's next year's adventure? 😃