I like to think of myself as a mental hiker. In my head, I'm tarzan swinging from sakura to sakura (Japanese tarzan anyone?), at peace with mother nature, with legs the size of tree trunks. But the fact of the matter is that I just bought my hiking shoes about 4 weeks back, had gone for one difficult hike before this (without hiking shoes, haha!), and spend most of my Friday nights and Saturday mornings deep in the bowels of Roppongi. So sometimes I wonder why Pei and Jenny want me on their team. I guess the answer is that I am a 110% crazy. Just like them :)
Why am I doing this? I think knowing the answer to that is the most critical factor to finishing this gruelling exercise. The primary reason would be that I love challenges and achieving things that other people find impossible. And if putting myself through 100kms of hell is going to feed a starving child somewhere out there in this world, that is reason enough. Oh and I love the camaraderie in our team. I haven't met Yukiko yet, but I couldnt really ask for better hiking partners than Pei and Jenny!
And thank God Pei decided that NB stood for Noooo Backing Out, and not No Boys. Thats would have resulted in some funny/awkward moments at the checkpoints :)
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