So, I got out of the house this weekend and climbed Koko Head (Nature's Stair Master). This trail is an old railway used in WW2. It climbs straight up the side of a dormant cinder cone to a bunker looking out over Windward Oahu.
I hated this immensely. It was around 12 in the afternoon by the time we started up and it had to have been at least 90 degrees. I was dizzy, sweating, heart was pounding. I swore I was gonna quit at least ten times (a step). I didn't want to look up because that would have been disheartening to see how much more I had to go but the trail is narrow and there are people climbing up and down at any given time and at different speeds so I was forced to look up to ensure I wasn't in someones way. Anyhow, it was hell. It was hot and dusty and steep and hot (did I mention it was hot?).
But... when I reached the top! OMG! I felt like God has swooped down and kissed my forehead with his minty breath! And the view? incredible!
A sat up top, smoking a cigarette and thinking, 'I did it! What else am I capable of doing? What other awesome summits can I climb up in life?' I wish I could take a vow now and say that I will always look to the next challenge and run into it (or climb on top of it) with reckless abandon and zeal. Maybe I will, maybe I won't. But I know I am capable of doing it now. I know that at the end of the long, steep, HOT trail there is a reward and it's worth going after.
So, now my body aches, my head is throbbing and I have been sleeping like a baby and eating like a mad man! But, as crazy as it sounds I am looking forward to going hiking again. Maybe tomorrow! Who knows.
I hated this immensely. It was around 12 in the afternoon by the time we started up and it had to have been at least 90 degrees. I was dizzy, sweating, heart was pounding. I swore I was gonna quit at least ten times (a step). I didn't want to look up because that would have been disheartening to see how much more I had to go but the trail is narrow and there are people climbing up and down at any given time and at different speeds so I was forced to look up to ensure I wasn't in someones way. Anyhow, it was hell. It was hot and dusty and steep and hot (did I mention it was hot?).
But... when I reached the top! OMG! I felt like God has swooped down and kissed my forehead with his minty breath! And the view? incredible!
A sat up top, smoking a cigarette and thinking, 'I did it! What else am I capable of doing? What other awesome summits can I climb up in life?' I wish I could take a vow now and say that I will always look to the next challenge and run into it (or climb on top of it) with reckless abandon and zeal. Maybe I will, maybe I won't. But I know I am capable of doing it now. I know that at the end of the long, steep, HOT trail there is a reward and it's worth going after.
So, now my body aches, my head is throbbing and I have been sleeping like a baby and eating like a mad man! But, as crazy as it sounds I am looking forward to going hiking again. Maybe tomorrow! Who knows.
-Nosmo King
And sometimes it's worth the pain.. and the heat.
ReplyDeleteIt was so worth the pain. But I'm not certain about that now. I'm friggin sore! Oh well.
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