Ben and his ambitious friends asked me to ice climb last year and I created an imaginary obligation so I didn’t have to. The thought of climbing on ice that could break and fall does not carry with it a strong appeal. However, I was also afraid of mountain biking, body painting, spelunking, rock climbing and ski touring, and some of these activities now play a vital part in my everyday life. Maybe not spelunking; crawling on my belly in rat poo in a dark cave is not, nor will it ever be, my choice adventure. However, many have become a part of who I am and how I identify myself. I have gone from feeble and scared semidoer to someone who feels antsy and incomplete when she hasn’t been lost in the woods for a couple of weeks. Even if it is just a quick trip to Silver Springs for an ice skate in the late afternoon, it is one of the reasons I love to live here.
I think it is important to push yourself. You may end up crying on a hillside in the snow, or in the hospital with five stitches in your knee (because you aren’t as great at rock climbing as you thought you were) but it feels good to try something new. Plus, scars are totally cool, right? So, no matter how terrified I am I hope to roller derby, ice climb, hunt, wake surf, paintball and heli ski. I will probably be awful at most of them, but I’d rather experience each of these things wholly than not at all. In a way, Never Have I Ever has become a monthly collection of little triumphs. Sometimes it leaves me feeling exhausted, but most times I’m quite simply happy. It is a new year. I hope you make the time to do something that is mad, bonkers, off your head. All of the best things, all of the best people, are.
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