I never dare try any wall climbing before not because I'm afraid of heights but because I know my upper extremities are weak and my hands couldn't hold of anything stable, I normally drop things and I'm afraid that I might fall.
But because of the Milo Olympics that was held in Tanay Adventure Camp last Saturday. I had no choice but to face my fear else I will be a great disadvantage on my team. The game has several stages, its a combination of the normal exercises, Pinoy games and extremes : 10 jumping jacks, 2 times Pico, Wall Climb, 10 consecutive counts in Hoola Hoop, run uphill, 5 sipa, duck walk with thera band, zip line and a sprint back to the base.
The most challenging part for me was the wall climb... I was able to successfully reach more than half of the wall until I looked up to check how far I was from the top and saw the clouds moving, making an optical illusion as if the wall's going to collapse on me. Then I felt I couldn't move any muscle. It was a dead end for me and I felt my legs were already shaking, I can feel I was breathing hard so I know I was already panicking. I screamed to the coaches that I can no longer make it and they said to let go.
I didn't know I was already over the target for girls, it's supposed to be halfway only, they just didn't stop me since they thought I wanted to reach the top. :(
I had the advantage on the hoola hoop so I was able to advance to the next stages in no time. I think my legs were still shaking from the wall climb after finishing all the tasks. Whew!
Anyway, the shaking legs were all worth it because we won the game. Yebah!
takot din ko sa heights.
ReplyDeleteako di naman, parang baliktad ang nangyari... fear of heights normally happens when you look down, ako it happened when I looked up...bigla lang naloka ako sa epekto ng clouds kala ko talaga babagsak yung wall... :(
DeleteCongrats:) galing mo Mel:)
ReplyDeletehehehe! thanks Joy!
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