Tuesday, May 31, 2005
End
So I've got 5 minutes to get it all out.
3 Days ago i completed a 26km hike with 4 girls, climbed 7 mountains, up and down and up and down and up and down. And it was raining pretty much the entire way off an on, we were soaked from the accent of the first hill. Believe me when i say this was the strongest mental/physical challenge i've entertained myself with. It compares with when i fainted after a cross-country race from low sugar levels. This hike in contrast was only possible because of the pure Will of my peers on the hike.
It's amazing how encouragement dynamics change when you are all clearly exhausted, clearly not "doing great". And it's amazing what you're body can do if you just keep pushing it to go farther and farther. My thoughts during the entire hike was that someone would quit at some point before the final 3 mountains, and i told myself that i would try my best not to let that happen, but if someone stopped, i would stop with them. My desire was to get as far as we could as a team, and that is what i stuck to. But i did not imagine that we would complete the 7 moutain hike. It was about 15 HOURS of hiking, with very mild (maybe 20 min breaks at most) during the hike. And TRuly, amazingly, everything i had in my backpack got eaten, soaked, used, muddied. IT was truley a usage of all the was available to me.
The whole experience has me thinking, wow, i can't believe that its possible. And i totally dont want to repeat the experience in the near future. But i would like to improve on the expereience and do a more hardcore/longer/ multiday type intense course in the future. The desire is temporarily weakend but in the long term strengthened. My muscles are very sore, im still exhauseted, and im soooo glad i did not get sick as we were soaked for about 14+ hours. Finished at about 12 midnight, as the sun had only gone down 1/2 hour before then. Norway daylight is crazy now.
And ill give you a few more minutes of my time.
I cleaned my room dry,
I sent a package (cross your fingers, it has souveniers) home.
I said goodbye lately to many people i likely will never see again.
None of the goodbye's have been painful. I think im numb to the meeting people and leaving people feeling. I just know that the true test is what happens after you go, so i remain hopeful for my own ability to keep in touch and those of my new found international friends.
I am blessed to have lived on this floor.
I am blessed to have been able to have this experience
And im eager for what is to come.
I am also worried for my grandma. more to come on that im sure.
And i would liek to spend my last hour here in bergen with those that are still here.
I am very tired, bout 2 hrs sleep in last 2 days tops, still recovering from the superhike of the centrury.
All norweigians are crazy. Honestly every last one of them
I will miss this place. And i will not miss it.
My biggest fear is that i didn't take ENOUGH away from this experience, but i guess that will be shown in time.
I don't think i've changed much.
I think i've gotten a few new perspectives on my approach to many things in my life though.
I don't know the really core things that are bugging me any more than when i came here.
So cheers to anyone who's with me on this blog. Cheers to my next adventure.
I hope you are living your own and we can share in person far more. far more detail. Far more indeed.
miss you all at home so much.
marky
h
3 Days ago i completed a 26km hike with 4 girls, climbed 7 mountains, up and down and up and down and up and down. And it was raining pretty much the entire way off an on, we were soaked from the accent of the first hill. Believe me when i say this was the strongest mental/physical challenge i've entertained myself with. It compares with when i fainted after a cross-country race from low sugar levels. This hike in contrast was only possible because of the pure Will of my peers on the hike.
It's amazing how encouragement dynamics change when you are all clearly exhausted, clearly not "doing great". And it's amazing what you're body can do if you just keep pushing it to go farther and farther. My thoughts during the entire hike was that someone would quit at some point before the final 3 mountains, and i told myself that i would try my best not to let that happen, but if someone stopped, i would stop with them. My desire was to get as far as we could as a team, and that is what i stuck to. But i did not imagine that we would complete the 7 moutain hike. It was about 15 HOURS of hiking, with very mild (maybe 20 min breaks at most) during the hike. And TRuly, amazingly, everything i had in my backpack got eaten, soaked, used, muddied. IT was truley a usage of all the was available to me.
The whole experience has me thinking, wow, i can't believe that its possible. And i totally dont want to repeat the experience in the near future. But i would like to improve on the expereience and do a more hardcore/longer/ multiday type intense course in the future. The desire is temporarily weakend but in the long term strengthened. My muscles are very sore, im still exhauseted, and im soooo glad i did not get sick as we were soaked for about 14+ hours. Finished at about 12 midnight, as the sun had only gone down 1/2 hour before then. Norway daylight is crazy now.
And ill give you a few more minutes of my time.
I cleaned my room dry,
I sent a package (cross your fingers, it has souveniers) home.
I said goodbye lately to many people i likely will never see again.
None of the goodbye's have been painful. I think im numb to the meeting people and leaving people feeling. I just know that the true test is what happens after you go, so i remain hopeful for my own ability to keep in touch and those of my new found international friends.
I am blessed to have lived on this floor.
I am blessed to have been able to have this experience
And im eager for what is to come.
I am also worried for my grandma. more to come on that im sure.
And i would liek to spend my last hour here in bergen with those that are still here.
I am very tired, bout 2 hrs sleep in last 2 days tops, still recovering from the superhike of the centrury.
All norweigians are crazy. Honestly every last one of them
I will miss this place. And i will not miss it.
My biggest fear is that i didn't take ENOUGH away from this experience, but i guess that will be shown in time.
I don't think i've changed much.
I think i've gotten a few new perspectives on my approach to many things in my life though.
I don't know the really core things that are bugging me any more than when i came here.
So cheers to anyone who's with me on this blog. Cheers to my next adventure.
I hope you are living your own and we can share in person far more. far more detail. Far more indeed.
miss you all at home so much.
marky
h
// posted by Unknown @ 2:53 p.m. 
