Where is the boundary between everyday life and adventure? What is the meaning of “challenge”? And what if this challenge was more introspective than we think?
These are all questions that influenced the thoughts of the participants on this second day of crossing.
The group woke up early Wednesday morning to start walking quickly, more specifically to get active to fight the biting cold that nibbled on our toes and fingertips.
Once again, the sky is showing its best colours. A mix of blue and candy pink.
We feel like taking a good bite of this sweet sky.
Quickly, the sun joins the party and the participants’ jackets become too hot.
We change. We “switch”. We adjust. We readjust. The weather brings its share of challenges despite the beauty of the landscape.
Cold, hunger, fatigue, muscle pain, old wounds that resurface, both physical and those of the heart.
All these little challenges that we are experiencing during this crossing bring us back to our own vulnerability.
They also remind us that what we are experiencing won’t last. And that once we returned to the warmth of our homes tomorrow, we must not lose sight of why we took part in this adventure.
Every Everest we climb in our lives is legitimate. There is no worse or better ever.
The challenges that we experience within us can be as perilous as those that climb real mountains.
Around the fire at the arrival of the second camp, all gather and let themselves be lulled by the sunset.
The night will be cold but participants will surely sleep on it.
It will make sense of why and for whom we are doing this challenge.
Photos: Laura Ducharme
