Personal Narrative: Climbing The Route Of Life
Climbing the route of life
I let my right arm hang loose to cover it with the magnesium powder I carry with me. I draw a shaky breath and look up to the top of the invigorating boulder. The cheering of my friends from beneath reduces to ruis in the back of my mind. I concentrate on the remaining two meters I need to distance, tighten every muscle in my body and make the last pass easily. I sigh of relief escapes my mouth. I made it.
Climbing is a physical sport but it has also modified my attitude towards certain aspects of myself and of life. One thing I have gained more insight in ever since I started climbing, is my own strength, both physically and mentally. I am capable of more than I think, and while I train and learn to exceed my limits learn how much I can achieve. Every tricky pass I can’t seem to nail, every time I fall and have to start all over again, in the end they lead to the victory of topping my project. …show more content…
Since I was quite serious growing up, I didn’t trust easily, and it took effort to get to know me. Climbing has made me trust more easily, for it takes a certain amount of trust to leave a person at the bottom of the wall with the one end of the rope, while the other end is tight to my girdle. Climbing has built on my foundations of the ability to trust, rather than laying the cornerstone for it, but it has nevertheless been important.
These lessons, extracted from climbing experiences, I can apply on my everyday life. The key is that I learned to think bigger and have faith in my own capabilities, and those of others. I am certain this is not the end of it, I will go on and gain more insight in myself while I climb the route of
I let my right arm hang loose to cover it with the magnesium powder I carry with me. I draw a shaky breath and look up to the top of the invigorating boulder. The cheering of my friends from beneath reduces to ruis in the back of my mind. I concentrate on the remaining two meters I need to distance, tighten every muscle in my body and make the last pass easily. I sigh of relief escapes my mouth. I made it.
Climbing is a physical sport but it has also modified my attitude towards certain aspects of myself and of life. One thing I have gained more insight in ever since I started climbing, is my own strength, both physically and mentally. I am capable of more than I think, and while I train and learn to exceed my limits learn how much I can achieve. Every tricky pass I can’t seem to nail, every time I fall and have to start all over again, in the end they lead to the victory of topping my project. …show more content…
Since I was quite serious growing up, I didn’t trust easily, and it took effort to get to know me. Climbing has made me trust more easily, for it takes a certain amount of trust to leave a person at the bottom of the wall with the one end of the rope, while the other end is tight to my girdle. Climbing has built on my foundations of the ability to trust, rather than laying the cornerstone for it, but it has nevertheless been important.
These lessons, extracted from climbing experiences, I can apply on my everyday life. The key is that I learned to think bigger and have faith in my own capabilities, and those of others. I am certain this is not the end of it, I will go on and gain more insight in myself while I climb the route of