The sun rises against the mountains,
And I wake prepared for something new,
Something that I have experienced before.
A challenge, a risk, an adventure.
There is something within all of us that calls us to take risks,
Why do men choose to risk their lives to climb mountains?
It's not really to get to the top.
It's not because we have to prove something to ourselves.
It's not even because we want to say that we did it.
We really gain nothing significant from climbing a mountain; running
a marathon; or any other endurance sport out there.
We climb mountains to better ourselves. We run races to strengthen our spirits. We go on adventures to bring back great stories of our super-
human feats, but also to learn our own weaknesses.
The wild man in all of us drives us to seek something greater than our own feeble and insignificant selves. Men climbed Everest to see if it was really possibly to do so. Men landed on the moon to prove a point to the world, that humans are capable of more than war and the destruction of our planet.
The wild man drives us to hunt for ways to achieve greatness. Every truly great human knows that they didn't land on the moon for himself, or climb Everest for herself, or sail around the world for themselves... It was for all of mankind that they did it.
They were the ones that went on the wild hunt for something bigger and something better for everyone else. And even the unsuccessful ones drive us to dream and think of better ways to live. They all were flawed and so are all of us. At least they took the risk to search for something better. Whatever that might mean for the rest of us.
The Wild Hunt (Summer 2013) ~ Nick
Title inspired by the song "The Wild Hunt" by "The Tallest Man on Earth"
