{"id":2428,"date":"2015-03-25T13:03:47","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T13:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/blogs\/?p=2428"},"modified":"2015-03-25T13:03:47","modified_gmt":"2015-03-25T13:03:47","slug":"the-most-important-life-lesson-i-learned-while-rock-climbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogsdev.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/2015\/03\/the-most-important-life-lesson-i-learned-while-rock-climbing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Important LIfe Lesson I learned While Rock Climbing"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a balmy Saturday morning. Typical northern Thailand weather. At around 9:00 A.M. I met up with my climbing assistant at the\u00a0base of the mountain, suited\u00a0up, and together we walked\u00a0a few yards towards\u00a0the jagged rock wall.<\/p>\n

My coach stayed on the ground, holding a rope attached to me. As I went up, he shouted instructions and tips. The climb wasn’t too difficult, but it wasn’t hard either. I was in the beginner section, so while\u00a0struggling\u00a0a bit, I climbed the wall sections all the way to the top\u00a0relatively quickly.<\/p>\n

“I can see you are a sports-man”, my trainer said in his thick Czechoslovakian accent. I appreciated the compliment. It gave me more confidence for the tougher walls ahead.<\/p>\n

As I climbed the next wall, I encountered my first problem. I was stuck under a ledge that I just couldn’t get over. As I gripped the top of the ledge and wedged\u00a0my feet\u00a0in a crack to keep myself from falling, I could feel my strength sapping away from me. Hyper-extending my entire body, making myself tired.<\/p>\n

Still on the ground, my coached yelled tips at me. I tried to follow his advice, but it was like my mind was so focused on staying onto the ledge that I couldn’t even think about anything else. Finally, I let go. The coach lowered me down.<\/p>\n

I gave up.<\/p>\n

But there was nothing wrong with that.<\/p>\n

That day I learned that sometimes it’s ok\u00a0to let your goals go for a while. Climbing that wall and failing taught me that it’s ok\u00a0to come back later and try again after you become\u00a0stronger and smarter.<\/p>\n

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If you’re stuck on a hard assignment, stop. Take a break. Try again later.<\/p>\n

If you don’t feel like writing an\u00a0essay (and it’s not due in five yours),\u00a0stop. Take a break. Try again later.<\/p>\n

After a bit of a rest, I told the coach that I wanted to go back and try again. I was rested up, hydrated, and ready to\u00a0go.<\/p>\n

when I got to the under-hang again, I surpassed it. My muscles were re-energized. I wasn’t sweating as much, so\u00a0it wasn’t getting into my eyes like last time. My hands weren’t as wet with arm sweat as they were before, and the limited time I spent on the wall gave me experience.<\/p>\n

I stretched my legs to a spot I didn’t see before. I used that spot to make\u00a0it over.<\/p>\n

The rest of the climb was a piece of cake.<\/p>\n

In closing, it’s ok to stop once in a while, just don’t forget to keep going. Always, always, always try again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was a balmy Saturday morning. Typical northern Thailand weather. At around 9:00 A.M. I met up with my climbing assistant at the\u00a0base of the mountain, suited\u00a0up, and together we walked\u00a0a few yards towards\u00a0the jagged rock wall. My coach stayed on the ground, holding a rope attached to me. As I went up, he shouted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-himmler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogsdev.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogsdev.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogsdev.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogsdev.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogsdev.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogsdev.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogsdev.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogsdev.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogsdev.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}