There’s no stopping now
Damn the blisters, sunburn, bugs
Keep on walking, walk…
In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #20: Tenacity
I am a scientist by trade and artist by soul. My creative outlet used to be dancing but due to injuries and age, I must now find another path. I am hoping my writing, poetry and photography can be this new path.
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January 24, 2016 at 7:10 am
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January 24, 2016 at 11:12 am
Owie! I often use “lovely” for making positive comments. This time, it just wouldn’t be right! 😉
Heh, want or needt? The two types of tenacity.
“As I started the hike, I realized I should’ve broken my new hiking boots in before taking them on their first hike. But, it was a perfect day, and they were the only boots I had, and I wouldn’t get a chance to climb this peak again for a long time. So, onward and upward.”
Or
“As we setup for our picnic at the peak, I took my boots off. That’s when I noticed the beginnings of what would likely become a big fat blister on the way down. Damn! And I left the moleskin in the truck back at the parking lot. The hike back down wasn’t going to be any fun.”
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January 24, 2016 at 12:47 pm
ouch that looks painful and one would have to be the very definition of tenacious to keep going with that.
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January 24, 2016 at 4:05 pm
Oooh. That must have given a opposite meaning to downhill climb.
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January 24, 2016 at 8:41 pm
Yeah. Done both those.
I remember the pain.
But cherish the hike. : )
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January 26, 2016 at 11:24 pm
A very painful lesson on wearing the wrong footwear for such a climb. A really hard way to break in a pair of boots!
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February 1, 2016 at 7:19 pm
Hope the foot has healed by now.
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February 1, 2016 at 8:29 pm
Much better thanks!
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