Last summer Nora and I did the 'Adjust your Altitude' challenge where you climb 7 local mountains before the beginning of September. This summer I am going to do it with both Nora and Stuey. And yesterday Stuey and I checked off the first mountain on his check list - Mount Monashka.
For some reason, this is a mountain that both Nora and Stuey do not like climbing. It is actually my favorite because you climb up through trees and then above tree line the wild flowers are incredible. Best of all, the water is right below you. But we seldom hike there because, as I said, the kids don't like the mountain.
Yesterday Stuey said, 'I'm only doing this mountain because of the money'. Once you finish the challenge you do get to enter a drawing and potentially win money. At the start Stuey was asking me about the odds of winning it all. 'Say 1/2 a percent?' I was pretty impressed with his numbers!
At the top Stuey did admit, 'It's so beautiful that I want to stay up here!' And back in the car driving home he did admire the view of the mountain looming on the horizon and was quite proud of his accomplishment. Patrick
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