We went for a walk on sunday. I live in Cairns, Far North Queensland , Australia, and there are lots of clean fresh rivers and rainforest here. Anyway, leaving home at 6.30am, we went for a walk up Bahanna Gorge- hill after hill aafter hill, 3 hours of hills!! It nearly killed me (289 pounds of me), I had to stop every 40 steps to catch my breath. I think I was resting longer than walking. Then to top it off, when we got to the top, we climbed down big boulders down the side of the gorge to get to the river to swim. My legs where shaking so bad. I was surrounded by a swarm of march flies( big black flies, with big poky stingers).
So, Half way down a slippery big boulder, looking down at the river straight below me, I sat there and started crying. I'd had enough and couldn't go on! My husband came back to help me, and I was sobbing, "I'm scared, I can't go any further". The dogs came up, trying to lick my tears. Finally, with Simon swatting the flies and giving me a hand, I got down to the water and had a freezing cold swim (It's summer here, over 100 degrees, most days and 85% humidity).
So, I made it back to the bottom, thinking I must have just lost 3 stone, legs shaking!, but I made it.
Today, tuesday, my legs aren't hurting so much, and I''m still alive to tell the tale!.
And I've lost 11 pounds!!!
Thanks for listening to my rambling,
Gabby
300/289/150
started 23/1/05
..I can`t wait till my order gets here and I can join in..It has been really inspiring reading everyones posts!!..((Hugs))..Andi
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