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| Mon, 05-03-2004 - 1:48am |
I live in Western Washington State and I was driving to my sister's house the other day and saw Mt Rainier in all its glory and do you know what I thought?? I thought, "I should climb that" !!!!
What?? I have NEVER had any desire to climb a mountain...but for some reason, I do now. maybe because I feel like I could do anything right now?? I don't know. But it really seems like something I could do one day in the not so distant future. In fact, I am looking in to what I need to do to train for a climb like that...and there's a 50 mile hike I'd like to do around the base of another local mountain. One day, one day...lol
I just feel really empowered lately and climbing a 14,000+ foot peak seems not so impossible...lol. I thnk I'm going mad...rofl.
It's just strange to me that I thought that and didn't say, "you're crazy. You can't do that"...I guess my self-confidence is back! :o) woo hoo!
So anyone else have these kinds of thoughts or aspirations??
Sarah

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I still have my surf board. I WILL get out there again and up on it. Probally not this summer, but look out Summer 2005!!!
Deb 270/228/145ish (updated 4/19/04. Next weigh-in: 6/1/04)
I'd probably start with a hike around Mt. St. Helens, though!
There are so many mountains here to choose from...Rainier is the tallest and the one I can see on a regular basis...lol. So I probably won't start with that climb but I will do it one day!! :o)
Sarah
Sarah
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Sarah
okay, TMI...sorry...lol.
But you never know Shawna...one day we both might change our mind about running!! ;o)
Sarah
Sarah
There's another reason too- I'm terribly afraid of heights. Petrified doesn't begin to cover it. I want to force myself to face that. For my friend Pam's 18th bday her mom and I split the cost for her to parachute and she LOVED it.
I have a fear of public speaking...I can do it but I get all red and freak out right before hand. But it took me a long time to get to the point where I could even *think* about doing it. Then I agreed to do a speech in front of the whole school...and then I agreed to be one of the main roles in a church play (in a church I wasn't even a member of...I just went there with one of my friends and it was like a second church...lol)...and then I did another play there...and now I still freak out at the thought of it but I know I can do it. And it was all because I just decided that I *had* to.
So I say GO FOR IT!! That's a great goal to have!
Sarah
Sarah
I'm going to climb the CN tower someday too. All 1700+ steps. There was a big stair climb on April 24th and I brashly thought I could do that without training because the average person climbs the stairs in less than 20 minutes. My thought process was, "I can do a 90 minute step class without stopping, surely I can climb those steps!"
Well, I couldn't find anyone to go with me (found out one of my friends was doing it later) so I didn't sign up, but I tried the stepmill (like running up a down moving escalator), I couldn't stand it for more than 5-6 minutes (29 stories).
The worst thing is that people look at me and seem very disappointed that I can't do these things because I look so fit.
I will conquer that CN tower someday. Adding a minute every week to the stair climbing machine routine.
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