“Welcome all 2,500 competitors to the 2016 Tough Mountain Challenge!” I heard the emcee yell that over the speakers around the area and my chest seemed to vibrate with the noise coming from them. My eyes seemed to wander around to the many diverse faces lining up at the start. This would be my second year doing the race and I was both nervous yet excited to start. That day I overcame many hurdles both physically and mentally.
The Tough Mountain Challenge is a 5K up and down Sunday River with physically challenging obstacles. My first year doing the race I did it with my mom and her friend, but the second year it was just my mom and I. There were certain parts of the course that were hard on all of us, but we never left each other. I was taught
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At one point you have to grab ropes and pull yourself up the rest of the way. As I climbed this I heard peoples constant questioning “why did I do this again?” and I constantly questioned that myself. Going through that race there were points where I just wanted to stop, I wanted to sit down and just give up. After I finally made it to the top of the mountain all I wanted to do was take a long nap, but I told myself “NO” you’ve got this and I will see this to the end. Every runner wore a bib number with the time they start on it. As I was running people were passing me who had started after me, and I kept thinking I was going too slow and that I shouldn’t be taking this long to complete it. Through words of encouragement from my mom and decipline mentras from myself I finished the race, I crosses the fanish line and the feeling of triumph as I crossed it was something I’ll never forget. If it was so hard why do I keep doing it? I do it because I know it’s something that challenged me and I know it will keep challenging me year to year, but that excites me. I proved to myself that I could do it and I want to keep proving to myself that with determination and unwillingness to quit I can do anything that I put my mind
Many people have dreamed of climbing the tallest mountain on earth, Mount Everest. However one must possess certain physical and mental attributes to accomplish this giant feat. “Courage is not having the strength to go on: it's going on when you don't have the strength.” Ed Viesturs knows first-hand what having courage is all about although you’ve used all your strength. He kept going to reach his goal even after he faced life threatening obstacles.
How did others feel about the climb? Their emotion? How scared are the other competitors?
The Everest simulation was a unique experience. Before the actual simulation started, my team discussed the approach we would take and how we will deal with situations wherein the personal goals collided with the team goals. We shared our character profile information with each other and began the exercise with excitement and a firm resolve to do our best.
The course started out with a good inclined mountain trail run/climb and after some time came the first obstacle, which was a climb/jump over four foot hay bales. Just after the first hay bales was net crawl, which I always dread as my hydration pack never fails to get caught up several times in these nets. Just after the net was another hay bale to jump/climb over and then the course continued on up the mountain and in the direct sun light. The trail run continued on for a decent distance and eventually made its way to about a four foot log obstacle to climb/hop over. Only a short trail distance after the course went underneath the Cargo Net climb obstacle (we would see later in the course) and then made its way a short distance later to the
It is also a Nepal border. It is also a god/religious figure to the Nepal people. One year the Nepal government shut down the mountain. That is disrespectful to Nepal people.
An estimated 282 people have died on Mount Everest since the year of 1924. Considered one of the highest peaks in the world, Everest has drawn experienced climbers and thrill-seeking adventurers to it for years with hopes of reaching the summit of the massive mountain. This snowy, beast isn't your average climb though. Many intrepid climbers have faced it with the plan of making an easy, quick climb, but they would be surprised when a sudden blizzard whips up on a seemingly clear day or when one of their fellow climbers happen to wander straight into a crevasse! Everest is filled with hidden dangers and other threats that have taken many lives upon its treacherous slopes. Whether it be a sudden change of weather or an unexpected avalanche climbers
Identified as the highest mountain on Earth, Mt. Everest is known as the Himalayan Spirit which rests on the southern border of Nepal, and the northern borders of China and Tibet. Its Nepali name is Sagarmatha, which means ‘Goddess of the sky’. The Summit stands at about 29,035 ft. above ground (8848metres high), and in which it grows by about a quarter of an inch (0.25”) each year. Its peak looks like a pyramid .It also contains a variety of rocks, different types of shale; marble and limestone.The summit range is made of sedimentary rocks, now far from the sea. It also includes Metamorphic and Granite rocks.
The course continued on for a short distance and made its way to the spearman spear toss, which I opted to do without my gloves on and again this was the wise decision as I nailed it dead center! The next obstacle was the inverted wall, and I am not sure why, but it was really easy for me and I flew up, over and back down it really fast. I was fired up at this point and actually dumped a cup of water on my head to cool down, I continued on and made it to the A-Frame cargo net and climbed up and back down nice and fast.
Think about having the thrill and excitement of doing a dangerous thing knowing that will die. People that want to climb the tallest mountain known as Mount Everest are willing to risk their life just to get to the top of the mountain. How is it that important to throw your life out the window for the achievement of climbing Mount Everest that has no explanation for any type of reward?
Mt. Everest Is a place of choices and wonder, but also risk and death. So, is it worth it to climb Mt. Everest? Really, the choice is all up to you on whether to climb Mt. Everest or not. However, you can expect storms, cliffs and even death. But you can also expect big rewards to follow like money, fame and a great view. All I’m saying is that it might be worth it or it might not depending on your view or perspective of Mt. Everest. Here are the good things of Mt.Everest and the bad things of Mt.Everest that might help you make your decision.
person has their reasons why they need to climb. For each, they just follow their
After the 2014 and 2015 climbing expeditions on Mt. Everest were cancelled, many people thought that climbers wouldn’t climb during the 2016 expedition. They were wrong. Even with all of the tragedies and complications the determination of the climbers proves truly amazing as the get ready for the 2016 climbing of Mt.
The whole race it was all just huffing and puffing until I got to the home stretch. I was competing against a Fond du lac kid and he past me when we were heading down the hill towards the end when another Fond du lac kid past me at the end I sprinted and beat one of the Fond du lac kids. Right away I went to see what place I got, I got 50th place and I beat the kids that were teasing me when I got off of the bus!!
A few winters ago, some friends invited my family and me to go snow skiing at Paoli Peaks, Indiana. I did not know how to snow ski, and I leaped at the thought of trying this new sport. On the first morning we entered the pro shop to rent all the gear and make decisions about whether or not to take lessons or go it alone. We decided to be adventurous and go it alone—no lessons. Kent and Celeste, the friends who invited us, knew how to ski and snowboard. He assured us that he could show us the basics, and we would be on our way down the slopes. All of us, after a few minutes learning how to wedge our skis started down the family trail. Although the family trail had smaller hills and appeared safe, to me it seemed way too fast and dangerous. I fell several times before making it to the bottom and started having doubts about whether I’d ever be able to really enjoy the sport. By the end of the first day, however, I was not only flying down the family trail but was going down black diamond trails with just a little nervousness.
I talked to several other racers (open, competitive, and elite) and everyone agreed that when you combined the obstacles, ski mountain, terrain, running through the stream and an amazing team of staff & volunteers the outcome was an awesome event and race. As noted above, the competitive version of the course was longer than the open