day 12

There were three guys, one from Italy one from Ireland and one from Chile. They had a dream: to reach the top of the small mountain near Have. The equipment was the worst, but they had a machete.

In the beginning, it was like a fairy tale: an easy path, lots of butterflies, singing birds. But after the first 30 minutes, the situation started to change. The bushes became overwhelming and the machete was our only way forward. After every 10 minutes of branch and bush cutting, we said "maybe we should go back", but the answer was always "let's see what's next!". So, a monkey, a snake, thousand of bugs and many scratches and plant spikes later, we arrived almost at the top. The climb was too steep and the bushes too wild and hostile. We were 20m from the top, but to our disappointment the vegetation was so thick that it was impossible to see the landscape. We tried many solutions but it was hopeless. We had to go back down.

So, what could we learn from this? One could say that no matter how hard we try, things can always go south, but I'd say that even though we didn't arrive where we wanted, we know we did our best and we definitely enjoyed the journey. So keep going, obstacles are everywhere anyway, do your best and you will always be proud of yourself.

And also, after all this effort a cold beer is way tastier!!!