Fourteenth Post -- Mt. Warning

I climbed a mountain yesterday.
I'm not in shape.
So today, I hurt everywhere.

Let me explain. I can barely walk. Jennifer and I (she's one of the land team directors) walked (a bit short of jogging) up the mountain, 4.4km (2.7 miles), all uphill. It was rain-foresty and beautiful on the way up. The last part was close to vertical, with a chain on the side to hold on to. The top was an awesome view. After about twenty minutes of rest, we jogged the entire way down. It was very good. I did well on the way up, and better on the way down, but today I am nothing. I limp when I walk. It's a sad sight, but I don't accept any pity. When people ask me why I'm limping I just jog a little and smile to ease their minds. "Nope, nothing wrong here!"

I'm surprised at how much I enjoyed it though. Area permitting, I'll climb a mountain every port we stop at!

So as for how my time is going here, it's progressing. I'm getting more and more comfortable with all the people, but then when the ship gets in on Tuesday, I'll have more people to meet. I haven't seen the ship yet, I'm with the land team waiting for it to come in. We split into groups and went to church this morning. We went to the wrong church first. But we had already gone inside and introduced ourselves, so we left three there, and Jen and I went to the right one. It was funny. But I can't laugh, because my body really hurts. Don't pity me or ask me why I'm limping though, I really hate jogging.