Excitement Building
The weathers changing and this winter cannot come soon enough, there have been so many times I said I was through trying because of a million reasons that effected my schedule ,my body ,my outlook towards trying to get just another number, was this all worth it ?
Now with only three peaks to go I will finally accomplish the winter 46r ,the Santanonis are IT the last on the list , the end of the quest and still there is a small part of me that wishes it wasn’t so ,but I will deal with that part after I celebrate the finish with my son and my closest friends.
The weather should decide the schedule but it may not as it hasn’t in most all the attempts, as it gets closer I cannot announce the date as it may be frowned upon by some as enticing to many to show up on the same trail at the same time but there are so very many people I have meet in the last thirty years I wish were with me at the finish.
The mountains have taught me so very much, first and foremost about myself and then about the people around me and the bullshit diversity and team building in industry and now in academia should put the mountains on a mandatory criteria as what you learn in severely adverse conditions is an eye opener to the depth of a person.
The anxiousness is building ,every workout in the gym is helping , I was hoping the glucosamine would alleviate the bone on bone in the knees but I am to damn close to care, I hope the Santanonis are as much looking forward to me as I am to them and I also hope for quite a few people to show up and share in this moment. Thank you.
John 4798 Michael 4799
The weathers changing and this winter cannot come soon enough, there have been so many times I said I was through trying because of a million reasons that effected my schedule ,my body ,my outlook towards trying to get just another number, was this all worth it ?
Now with only three peaks to go I will finally accomplish the winter 46r ,the Santanonis are IT the last on the list , the end of the quest and still there is a small part of me that wishes it wasn’t so ,but I will deal with that part after I celebrate the finish with my son and my closest friends.
The weather should decide the schedule but it may not as it hasn’t in most all the attempts, as it gets closer I cannot announce the date as it may be frowned upon by some as enticing to many to show up on the same trail at the same time but there are so very many people I have meet in the last thirty years I wish were with me at the finish.
The mountains have taught me so very much, first and foremost about myself and then about the people around me and the bullshit diversity and team building in industry and now in academia should put the mountains on a mandatory criteria as what you learn in severely adverse conditions is an eye opener to the depth of a person.
The anxiousness is building ,every workout in the gym is helping , I was hoping the glucosamine would alleviate the bone on bone in the knees but I am to damn close to care, I hope the Santanonis are as much looking forward to me as I am to them and I also hope for quite a few people to show up and share in this moment. Thank you.
John 4798 Michael 4799
