The reason I love this picture so much is because when I look at the picture, I remember every part about this moment.
First I would like to start by explaining the backstory to this picture. 20 years ago my parents were climbing this mountain when my dad got down on one knee and asked my mom to marry him. The name of this peak is Sahale Mountain. They decided that this place and their memories climbing Mt. Sahale were so beautiful that they wanted to name their daughter that so every day they could be reminded of this incredibly beautiful mountain and time in their life. And this summer my parents decided my brother and I were finally strong enough to make this very technical climb. They were wrong...
When I look at this picture or think of Sahale Mountain, I do not think of my dad proposing because that is not a personal story of mine. When I see this picture I think of my struggle up this monster of a mountain. The climb was incredible technical and difficult and way beyond my experience and comfort level. Which made it all the more triumphant when I reached the top. The view from the glacier of the snow camped peaks and Mt. Rainier was WELL worth every once of sweat, blood and tears that it took to get there. I also love that my brother
Connor is in this picture with me. Without Connor I wouldn't have made it up the mountain, or for that matter, down in one piece. Somehow no matter where Connor was on the mountain, every single time I lost my footing, feel into the ice, or started slipping down the glacier, Connor would spring out of nowhere and self arrest us. I have never felt safer around anyone and couldn't have asked for a better person to share a stinky tent with every night!
~Sahale
Sahale! I loved your blog post! I loved that you used a personal picture that means a lot to you and told us the background of the picture. I also loved when you said how you don't like this picture because of how good you guys look, but the meaning behind it and what it means to you is why you love it.
ReplyDeleteAgree. It's great to hear you thinking about your body in terms of what it can do and not what it looks like. #smartstrongwoman
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