A Journey of Good Hope: The Peak of The Devils

“Adventure is a path. Real adventure – self-determined, self-motivated, often risky – forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world. The world the way it is, not the way you imagine it. Your body will collide with the earth and you will bear witness. In this way you will be compelled to grapple with the limitless kindness and bottomless cruelty of humankind – and perhaps realize that you yourself are capable of both. This will change you. Nothing will ever again be black-and-white.” – Mark Jenkins

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

The Peak of The Devils

On Tuesday, we hiked Devil's Peak, a route that not many have done, simply because most of it doesn't resemble a trail so much as a rock climb to the top. With 45 people it was pretty impressive to hustle everyone up the mountain at a decent pace. We hit the summit after about 3.5 hours and then had another 2.5 hours hiking down. I was very keen on teaching everyone contact (a word game) on our trip down but was reminded that "most people don't talk so much while they are hiking". Right.

It made me want to be back in Colorado on Outward Bound, although, I was very happy for a warm shower at the end of the day.