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Angelika Vetter

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Whats your superpower?

I was just commenting with

@Rositsa Aleksandrova

She reminded me on a special situation in my hike in New Zealand…

On the Te Araroa, or short TA, which is the name of the 3,000 km long trail from north to south of NZ,

I hiked 1,200 km. (Unfortunately, not all, cause I didn't have enough time…)

Most of the time, you're several days' hike away from civilization.

You carry your own food and water for the days, and of course, a tent, sleeping bag, clothes, and everything else you need. That means my backpack weight between 20 and 25 kg.

You can imagine, that in a situation like this, you constantly have to make important decisions…

For example, whether to continue another stage or safe it for the next day and pitch your tent.

That's because you don't really know what lies ahead, what the terrain is like, or whether you'll have enough food, water or place to sleep... and so on.

Anyway, I hiked part of the way with a friend. He really wanted to do the next section, up a mountain, very steep and with no way to stop, until the top. I was completely exhausted that day and just wanted to stay down below, where there was water and a place for the tent.

The weather looked bad up there too...

Anyway, we discussed it for a while... it felt it to be impossible, but in the end, I agreed anyway...

And then, I wanted to do it... and I set off, ahead... (you can only go single file there).

Soon I was a bit ahead of him... I hiked up that mountain, step by step, without stopping once to catch my breath, drink, or see the view or anything...

When I got to the top, I sat there and waited for him. When he arrived, he was speechless… he said:

“I knew how tired your body was and prepared myself to stop often. And now you're running up here without stopping once, while I really needed my breaks. How is that possible? How did you do it?”

I thought for a moment and said: “It's not the body, that climbs the mountain, it's the mind.”

Rositsa said that my will is my superpower… True Rositsa.

My WILLPOWER is my SUPERPOWER.

WHAT IS YOURS?

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