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canyonwalker) wrote2024-01-04 08:15 am
canyonwalker) wrote2024-01-04 08:15 am
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There is No "Back", Only Forward
Australia Travelog #25
About to leave the hotel - Fri, 29 Dec 2023, 8am
I was stiff last night when we got back to the hotel after dinner. With two descents into the canyon followed by two climbs back out, along with all the miles I walked, my legs are sore and one of my ankles aches. I feel a twinge of pain when I walk, particularly when I flex it with pressure as when I'm ascending or descending stairs or a ramp. I think I may have slightly pulled a muscle.
"Maybe I shouldn't hike today," I thought this morning.
"Hahahahaha," I answered myself. "No."
This isn't going to stop me from hiking today. I have spent too much money and, more importantly, too much of my limited free time, getting here. I'm not going to let it stop me. It's only going to slow me down— and even then, I'm determined to minimize how much it does that. I am dosing myself with ibuprofen and acetaminophen and I will play through the pain.
Update: "Are you sure you want to keep going?" Hawk asked during our first hike today, before we'd even reached the main waterfalls. "In for a penny, in for a pound," I answered. Later she suggested again that we could turn back. I thought of an even better aphorism to describe my determination. "There is no back," I thundered. "Only forward."
About to leave the hotel - Fri, 29 Dec 2023, 8am
I was stiff last night when we got back to the hotel after dinner. With two descents into the canyon followed by two climbs back out, along with all the miles I walked, my legs are sore and one of my ankles aches. I feel a twinge of pain when I walk, particularly when I flex it with pressure as when I'm ascending or descending stairs or a ramp. I think I may have slightly pulled a muscle.
"Maybe I shouldn't hike today," I thought this morning.
"Hahahahaha," I answered myself. "No."
This isn't going to stop me from hiking today. I have spent too much money and, more importantly, too much of my limited free time, getting here. I'm not going to let it stop me. It's only going to slow me down— and even then, I'm determined to minimize how much it does that. I am dosing myself with ibuprofen and acetaminophen and I will play through the pain.
Update: "Are you sure you want to keep going?" Hawk asked during our first hike today, before we'd even reached the main waterfalls. "In for a penny, in for a pound," I answered. Later she suggested again that we could turn back. I thought of an even better aphorism to describe my determination. "There is no back," I thundered. "Only forward."