Last week, a friend of mine who I once climbed a mountain with, jokingly said, come, let’s climb Mt. Arayat again. Toink!

That mountain climb was probably among the most difficult and physically challenging things I have ever done in my entire life. It was sooooo torturous I couldn’t even smile anymore. And the trek that usually takes about 4 hours took about, um, 6 to 7 because I couldn’t do it. As we were climbing I was almost in tears, wishing that maybe a helicopter can swoop in and pick me up then drop me in the summit, or perhaps one of those rv towing services would come by and just hook my belay cord on the end and just drag me up the mountain. Yes, it was that bad.

what was i thinking agreeing to this climb....

When we got to the top of the mountain, however, I couldn’t help but be in awe with what we had done, well, just for a little while haha. It was surely and interesting experience, but not something I’d probably like to do again. To be fair, however, because of my yoga practice and the fact that I had lost quite a bit of weight since then, I feel I can physically do a better job at climbing a mountain now. But to want to do it again, that’s another story. Haha. Maybe I’ll just climb a wall…whatchathink???