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Starting from lush green fields with a rainbow in sight, that sunlit snowy creature seems so magnificent. Many dared to climb it but no one seemed to summit. you start with baby steps- camp 1, camp 2….in awe of the peak, do you really know what it takes? Post midnight, the weather starts to scare you, its deadening cold, freezing your nose, numbing your brain.
Couldn’t sleep, waiting patiently, muscles cold and locked up. You had started this journey with a few men and now you are left with few among that few. It’s merciless cold in the morning, quarter slept last night, had a bad dream, it’s scary, it’s weakening.
Baby steps again with a heavy heart…that voice in your head pleads you to quit. Lots of crevasse along the way, could see some boots lying, could see a dead climber with an ice axe in his hand- warrior! died doing what he wanted to do, took that challenge and gave up his life.
Scared to the core! So much so that you start doubting the process, why inflict pain upon yourself? Remember ” meaningful suffering”?- Victor Frankl. 5 hour continuous climb….what are you thinking at that particular moment when the odds are against and the universe seems to work against you and misalign itself from your dream….
Your mother’s warm hug? That little girl’s hand wrapped around your finger? Insane uncontrollable laughter with your age old buddies? Stop and take an honest look at the moment – no past, no future, just you, ypur fellas are dead, who would you depend on? Frozen dead bodies along the waist deep snowy path, no looking back, your steps move forward. Now there’s no fear, no anxiety, no overthinking, no wincing, no whining….
Do you understand that climbing the greatest of em all takes thick skin and numbness to pain, immunity towards suffering….stone eyes. Do you understand why you are here? and why this was required?
It’s testing the value of your dream. It’s questioning you whether you will back off or move ahead no matter how hard it gets. Is is testing your dream or has the challenge made you more hungry to dream bigger? This pain has shown you something, something beyond the horizon, something no single human could ever dream of and could ever imagine climbing.
Your eyes fixed at the peak, lit up with fire and suddenly your feet start moving, breathing takes another rythm, passing by the carcass of fellowmen you reach the pinnacle of the mighty glacier, on your knees, chest out, hands open by your sides as if challenging the almighty to dare come and take you.
Now you get it don’t you, now you understand why that knee weakening climb was required in the first place – To see whether you could push yourself to a place where you develop that hunger for reaching the top, pass by dead bodies of skillful climbers and win the battle on your own.
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