When I first got sick, before all the crazy stuff started happening and I was more or less normal, one of the first early warning signs was my body giving out on an attempt to hike Mt. Gothics in the Adirondacks with my college best friend and her family. I had to be escorted back down the mountain with someone spotting me to make sure I didn’t fall. I was mortified.
Ever since then, I’ve had a VENDETTA against this mountain.
I mean…just look at it, sitting there all smug.
Anyway, since then I’ve had a thing about getting to the top of it. It’s been a major recovery goal of mine - I definitely obsessed over the idea throughout my physical therapy program. So once I was well enough to get back out there, of course one of the first things I did was organize an expedition.
Unfortunately it rained.
A lot.
We spent the night huddled in the middle of the tent, away from the walls. Music, card games, snacks, and pre-downloaded episodes of The Adventure Zone got us through.
The conditions were sadly too wet for a safe attempt at Mt. Gothics.
But we rallied! We had to abandon the original mission but still had a great time.
