Every climb has a story, good or bad. It is that story that makes the climb beyond ...

... what the eyes could see and what the mind could fathom.

This is Mt. Igcoron in my hometown. Very steep but majestic. Wonderful but fierce. The knife-edge is carefully crafted by the Heavens which is vividly visible. Hence, even the slightest of blunder could lamentably and tragically end your story.

Yes, I crawled, I wept and I struggled big time but I never lose sight of what is my goal.

I have an acrophobia and up to now, I still do but I never turned a blind eye and escape from my fears. It is in opening one's vision where we could see the broader perspective. It is about facing your fears head on and realize you are far greater and bolder.

These are the stories that we need to listen. For while there are mountains, what is essential is the "climb".