#freewrite:: Weekend Freewrite -7/27/2019 - Single Prompt Option: personal responsibility

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Many moons back, I helped to organize a climbing trip for my work place. About 80 people participated, to climb a mountain of about 13,000 feet above sea level. We divided everyone into groups of 10 and we told them that they are as fast as their slowest member and they must stick together, no matter what.

As the organizing committee, we moved last to make sure everyone was ahead of us.
During the climb to the summit, the higher we got, the harder it was to breathe. Altitude sickness started to kick in for me as we got higher. Each step took so much more effort and every deep breath seemed depleted of oxygen and the air was cold.

That was when I saw her, alone by the side of the rocks. I knew she was a member of one of the groups which had very clearly left her alone there. I asked my group to go ahead first while I stayed with her. Somehow, at that very moment, I felt it was my personal responsibility to make sure she was alright. There was no way I was going to leave her there by herself. As we sat by the rocks watching people climbing by, I chatted with her to make sure she was okay.

After resting for a bit, I asked if she was okay to continue slowly, in which she responded yes. And so, we pushed ourselves to continue the climb, very slowly. Every few steps we took, we stopped to rest, to catch our breath. I kept telling her that we can do this. It is mind over matter and as long as we think we can do it, we can. We have climbed so far and it would be such a waste to give up then. We just continued walking and resting, step by step.

It was after a few hours longer than expected, that we finally reached the summit and the feeling was amazing. Although we did not manage to catch the sunrise but completing the climb was really something. With the sun climbing up into the sky, we took as many photos as we could and cherished the moment up at the peak before descending the mountain.

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This is my freewrite to @mariannewest’s 5 minute #freewrite's prompt: "personal responsibility" for Day 644.


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My Actifit today : July 27 2019

A little walk in the kitchen preparing breakfast, around the house to do some filing and organizing and to the groceries and back.



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Something great to look back at and it is encouraging to do it again 😁

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Hehe. Yah it is pretty nice to look back at but am not sure if I will do the climbing again 😜

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That was a very inspiring story @marblely, and great of you to helping her, it's awesome.


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This is one story I really love, I've also gone mountain climbing before and I know how worrisome it might be.

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Thank you @botefarm! It is, isn’t it? It can be quite daunting too.
I will check out the neoxian link. Thank you!

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