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Pushing Limits

I always thought I had a good stamina. But last weekend taught me otherwise. I was pushing all of my limits and had the hardest workout of my life.  I've been living in Arizona for almost three years and have been talking about hiking Camelback Mountain ever since. Okay, I admit, I never ever hiked in my life, but it seemed like a good idea, after all, how hard could it possibly be to climb up a hill? It turned out, VERY. Because the "hill" was a mountain and I imagined the climbing part more as a steep walk on a trail, but it was, indeed, climbing.  I'm telling you, it was brutal. At least for me. Julia didn't seem to get out of breath at all and made it seem like a walk in the park.  The thing is, I don't quit things. I hate quitting and I'm glad I didn't, because I would've missed the gorgeous views over our beautiful city. Ich dachte immer, ich haette eine gute Ausdauer. Letztes Wochenende lehrte mich eines besseren. Ich stiess an m...