For four years I was told how I would not, could not be able to handle a passage in a cave in Alabama, TR. The passage is called Suicide Crawl and beyond that is an awesome formation on top of Mt Olympus. Today-I proved that person wrong.
I knew I could do it, mainly because nothing was going to keep me from doing it. Want to see me do something? Tell me I can't. It will stir up a fire within me that is so strong that my determination will exceed anything and propel me forward to do it.
Once we were through the Suicide Crawl my friend Emily turned to me and said, "You just did Suicide Crawl, by the way" I was stunned, and replied, "We did, that was nothing!"
I couldn't believe it, I kept thinking while we were crawling the tough part was still coming up. When we got out of the crawl, which I was told would be a much longer passage, I thought this difficult crawl was still ahead. At the large climb at the end of our trip I was surprised that it was less difficult than which I was again told. Once at the top I was proud of myself for doing something I had been told endlessly I could not do.
We were underground longer than expected, so we didn't end up going for Mexican like we usually do. Emily and I had a great conversation to and from the cave. Once we were back at her place I dropped my gear at my truck, started it so it would war up and went up to the house so I could stretch a bit. I went inside, had a beer, played with her doggy and had great conversation with my friend. After 30 minutes inside I realized my truck was still running, 30 minutes after that we were still chatting. Finally I was heading down the road to stay the night at my friend Ernie's apartment.
It is nice to have goals, then work towards them. What is even better, is how you feel after you accomplish that goal. There is a pride, a satisfaction, an inner reward that no one can ever take away from you. This cave trip was something I have wanted to do for quite some time. Knowing that this was a sporty cave with a passage that was deemed difficult to impossible, and to scale it, crawl through it and check it off my list of "to-do's" feels great!
Dream...Believe...Achieve.
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