Archive for August, 2022
Wake Up Call
Failure can be debilitating.
When Tadej Pogacar lost this year’s Tour De France, I wonder how long the disappointment and frustration lingered before he turned his attention and focus towards becoming unbeatable in his next feat? (BTW – I don’t personally consider his performance this year a ‘failure’.) Just to make that clear!
For me, this time, it was 48hrs before I could put my failure behind me and find the determination to focus on working harder and more importantly, strategically putting myself in a stronger position to succeed.
I arrived in Chamonix late SUNDAY night after a horrible day of travel; delayed and eventually cancelled flight then, to top it off, my transfer driver was late to collect me from Geneva.
Hesitation
First Training Camp
I have a question for you; If you were on borrowed time, would you attempt your life-long dream? What would you sacrifice to achieve this goal? Are you willing to die having left anything undone? I can’t explain this urge, the desire to inspire and push my body and mind to the very limits. I believe everything I have worked so hard to achieve in life has led me to this very moment where I am about to risk it all to achieve my dream – to climb the highest mountain in the world, Mt Everest! Read More