I woke up, sore from a week of getting up too early and
staying up too late. On top of all that it was Sunday, so there was nothing
that I wanted to do more than laze around and sleep. I know, you are thinking
that this is someone else’s blog or that I have finally hit my limit, broke
down and gone bonkers. Not to worry, this isn’t going to be a blog about me
sitting at home baking cookies, although that sounds really good. This is about
invigorating one’s self through the natural sauna that is the outdoors.
I joined a friend’s cabin and trail club hike up Mount Cube
on potentially one of the most humid days of the summer. We started off,
talkative as any group of college students, but by the time the first mile was
through, sweat was dripping into my eyes, and I went silent. So did the rest of
the group, and for the next four miles, we trudged along, too uncomfortable to
even crack a joke. Then an amazing thing happened – we hit altitude, and the
last two miles of the ascent were in fresh mountain air.
At the top, I did a little yoga stretching while the group
relaxed in the relative low humidity. To top off a crazy adventure, we piled
back into the van and stopped at Whippi Dip, one of the best ice cream stands
around. By the time we got back to campus, I forgot that I was supposed to be
tired.
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