SO... I had a wonderful day with my brother celebrating his 40th birthday at a place called Catamount in upstate NY. (Check it out: http://www.catamounttrees.com/) It's wonderland of zip-lines, balancing on wires 30+ feet in the air (attached to a harness of course), and a plethora of obstacles that is mentally & physically challenging. Basically it's an obstacle course in the trees.
I was on this one course high up in the trees. I'm attached to my harness & safety line. The challenge was to step on to these "floating" logs while you hold on to the safety wire as you make your way across a 20 foot span until you can step onto the landing zone. I was doing SO FANTASTIC! I was having a blast... smiling, laughing but all the while focusing on my foot placement. OK - so then I get to the last two floating logs and I lost my Self. I was looking to the landing zone instead of the challenge directly in front of me. While over-reaching the log, my foot slipped, I "fell"but my arms held me up on the steel cables as they dug into my arms. I didn't panic, but felt a lot of pain from the steel cable.
I knew instantly that I was end-gainging. But, I didn't panic and I didn't beat myself up for end-gaining... which I am very happy about. Not too long ago, I would have been upset at myself for getting wrapped up in end-gaining. But on this day, I just said to myself - it is what it is and that's OK. We all end-gain (even our most loved AT teachers :D
Another AT lesson that has been tangibly experienced in my real life. I love it when that happens!
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