ALWAYS BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. ~Edmund Hillary
It maybe purely coincidence that I found this quote from Sir Edmund Hillary, the first climber known to have reached the summit of Mt. Everest. He just passed away this 11th of January but for sure his legacy will continue to live.
I was a mountain climber myself. Was, because I only did that when I was in college. Now, about 13 years later and after doubling the pounds I carry (read:siksier,hehe), how I wish I could also do mountain climbing again, or even trekking! Though when I was still in Oz, I had a short trek around the bush in 2003 at Wilsons Promontory National Park together with fellow AusAID scholars.
That’s the closest I got to mountain climbing - coz my last climb was in October 1997 when I joined my group, Ecological Mountaineers and Outdoors Club (EMOC) and other mountaineering groups for a 5-day climb up to the ranges of Sierra Madre! Wow, it was sure tiring, but the most important thing that I learned from mountaineering is believing in myself.
Mountain climbing is not for the faint-hearted. You need to be physically prepared for it (more…)
