PART 3: THE STAGES OF SUCCESS For me the roller coaster of excitement and anticipation through the phases of hard work and determination moved into doubt and fatigue, escalated into grief, loss and anger, which opened the doorways for forgiveness and acceptance before I even got to the summit. Moments of sheer bliss and exuberance [...]
PART 2: THE CLIMB OF FAITH One pitch after another we climbed. There were moves that seemed impossible to me. I couldn’t comprehend how I could go any higher. I didn’t see anything to hold onto or grab but when I would peer down I would see Peter, my climbing partner coming up behind me [...]
PART 1 Silent. Hovering. Floating through the air at 5am…slivers of light piercing the cumulus and reaching my skin. I wondered… How do we actually fly? How are we really being propelled through the sky in this tiny piece of metal? I sat in the back of the bitty four-seater [...]