Waking up at 4.30 AM and climbing the rest of the way to the summit with a sprained ankle was rewarded a stunning sunrise! Too bad the north side of Taranaki was clouded over. <\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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The Help<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Just as we made it down off the easy stuff [the hard rocks] and on to the scoria, the best thing happened.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

WE FOUND A HIKING POLE!<\/span><\/p>\n

Literally just as the scoria starts there was one perfect hiking stick. What a sign of support from the universe. This thing that had my stomach tied in knots the whole hike up, that almost stopped me from climbing in the first place was consoled in an instance. I had done all the hard work, pushed past the fear, pain of a sprained ankle and anxiety, gone full face into it to be rewarded with what I needed to get through.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The view while climbing down on the rocks before we reach the scotia was amazing. We stayed the night in Symes hut [the tiny white dot on the front right side of Fanthams Peak].<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

The Lesson<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

The point is, often life and work situations will be hard and confronting. Just like a 2518 metre mountain looming over you. But the best thing you can do is push yourself, know what you want and trust that when your at the most vulnerable state that the universe [God or whatever you believe in] will provide for you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At the last moment, a solution and a helping hand [stick] was provided for me. So my lesson has been learnt. Even in the hardest moments of achieving a goal, where you feel anxiety, fear and are totally out of your depth, just do it. Take a leap of faith and someone or something will be there to guide you through the hardest part. And yes that might just mean complaining 200 times that you\u2019re scared to go down the scoria so that everyone around you knows that you need help [because remember if we don\u2019t ask or tell anyone, who will know].<\/span><\/p>\n

My mindset when it comes to hard and confronting goals have changed, instead of backing out at the start when I know something will get hard. I am going to put my trust in myself, others around me and the universe.\u00a0 \u00a0I will let others know when I’m feeling out of my depth and trust the process doesn’t want me to end in failure but to succeed.<\/p>\n

If you settle and never attempt to cross that slippery scoria – the hardest and scariest part of your journey\/goal – you will never know that you can achieve it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But next time I\u2019m calling my mate who has a helicopter to pick me up and take me back down\u2026 <\/span><\/i>R.I.P my ankle and calve muscles\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I climbed Mt Taranaki and in the process, I learnt so much about myself! Also got really sore calves and a fat ankle\u2026   A few weekends ago I [Kate] climbed to the summit of Mt Taranaki. For most of my life, I have lived in the beautiful town of New Plymouth, where Mt Taranaki sits proudly over. Admittedly where ever I travel and wherever I have lived I often find myself searching for it.\u00a0 Usually, the first question I get when I say I live in Taranaki is \u201c have you climbed the mountain?”. Embarrassingly I have to say no. Terrible right!? So many tourists and outsiders come to my region and conquer the summit. It\u2019s been sitting in my own back yard for years, but I\u2019ve just been too lazy and scared to do so. We all have silly reasons for not doing something we want to do. But this year is the year I do what I say. I\u2019ve made a conscious effort in 2020 to create personal and professional goals that are obtainable, but at the same time will push me out of my comfort zone. My climb up Mount Taranaki has changed my mindset on how and what goals I set. In the lead up to climbing the mountain, I almost talked myself out of it countless times; saying the track we want to take [via Symes Hut] will be way too hard, we haven\u2019t trained and we don\u2019t have the right gear. Fortunately for me, I have a partner who always jumps right in and practically forced me to follow through with the climb.\u00a0 Unlike my unruly partner, I can be a very calculated person. I like to think from e.v.e.r.y side and situation possible [I\u2019m a debater personality, apparently that\u2019s what we do…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[156,159,157,158],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/rocketfueldesign.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Untitled-1.png","yoast_head":"\n