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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 meine Grenzen und hatte das haerteste Workout meines Lebens. 
Ich lebe seit fast drei Jahren in Arizona und redete genauso lange davon, Camelback Mountain zu besteigen. Okay, ich gebe es zu, ich war noch nie in meinem Leben wandern, aber ich dachte, es waere eine gute Idee, wie schwer kann es schon sein, einen Huegel hochzuklettern? Wie sich herausstellte, SEHR. Denn der "Huegel" war ein Berg und ich dachte, das Klettern waere mehr einen steilen Weg hinauf zu gehen, aber es war wirkliches klettern. Ich sag euch, es war brutal. Wenigstens fuer mich. Julia  hingegen kam nicht einmal ausser Puste und sie liess es so aussehen, als waere es ein Spaziergang im Park. 
Die Sache ist, ich gebe nicht auf. Ich hasse es, aufzugeben und ich bin froh, dass ich die Sache durchgezogen habe, denn sonst haette ich die atemberaubende Aussicht auf unsere wunderschoene Stadt verpasst. 

All photos were taken with an IPhone, therefore the bad quality, next time I need to bring my camera!
Alle Fotos wurden mit einem IPhone gemacht, daher die schlechte Qualitaet, das naechste Mal muss ich meine Kamera mitbringen!

Don't let this picture fool you, this was the beginning and the real climbing started later!

Lasst euch von diesem Foto nicht taeuschen, dies war ganz am Anfang und das richtige Klettern fing spaeter an!


When we arrived at the top, all I wanted to do is stay there forever. Not because of the view, but I was beyond exhausted and couldn't imagine how I would ever make it down. So we stayed and enjoyed the view.

Als wir oben ankamen, gab es nur eins, was ich tun wollte: Fuer immer oben bleiben. Nicht wegen der Aussicht, aber ich war hundemuede und konnte mir nicht vorstellen, wie ich es jemals wieder nach unten schaffen sollte. Also blieben wir und genossen die Aussicht. 

Eventually, it was time to go and I can honestly say, without Julia pushing me, I probably would still be there today. 

Irgendwann war es dann doch Zeit zu gehen und ich muss sagen, wenn Julia mich nicht angetrieben haette, waere ich vermutlich immer noch da. 
I've never felt this tired in my life and it took me a good three hours at home and a little nap to recover.
I probably won't be ready to climb Camelback again this weekend, but I'm looking forward to next time and maybe I should hit the treadmill a few times before, just so I won't slow Julia down as much as I did!:)

Ich war noch nie in meinem Leben so muede und ich brauchte gute drei Stunden zuhause und einen kleinen Mittagsschlaf, um mich zu erholen. Ich werde vermutlich nicht bereit sein, dieses Wochenende noch einmal Camelback zu besteigen, aber ich freue mich schon aufs naechste Mal und vielleicht sollte ich mich vorher ein paar Mal aufs Laufband schwingen, damit ich Julia nicht ganz so zurueckhalte, wie ich es getan habe!:)

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  1. Wir waren erst einmal am Camelback und sind nach der Haelfte zurueck, denn wir hatten die Hunde mit... South Mountain ist auch nett, zu wandern. Jetzt, wo das Wetter so angenehm ist, sollten wir mal einen "Wandertag" machen :) LG, Alex

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