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I’m coming up on the rough side of the mountain – Day 3

Camping in the clouds

It was the same shennanigans with the guide today. I slipped and fell on a huge boulder and hurt my hand and this cat was so far away that he had to yell back at me at the top of his lungs and ask if I was ok 😐 . If I hadn’t seen first hand the level of attention that the other guides were giving their clients I wouldn’t even be sweating this dude.  Thank God I’m smart enough to know how to follow footprints and scents otherwise I’d be lost out in the wilderness.  Continue reading

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I’m coming up on the rough side of the mountain – Day 2

 

I woke up to this view today

I was prepared to wake up feeling like I was trampled on by a large pack of African elephants and mauled by wild dogs this morning. Instead I woke up feeling great.  My body even felt strong throughout today’s climb…and today’s climb was a BEAST.  Not just any beast…..a wild ferocious beast. Imagine climbing 6 + hours straight up a steep mountain….over huge boulders….in the pouring rain. When I say steep I mean I felt like we were making a B-line straight to heaven. Continue reading

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