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A friend of mine who climbed Mount Everest (yes, really!) was interviewed (many times over), and in one of the interviews was asked if he realized the enormity of his achievement.
He tried to play it down saying, “I am just a normal guy. Anybody can climb Everest.”
And the interviewer stopped him, and said, “Oh come on. You must be kidding. Anybody cannot climb Everest. I certainly can’t even if I tried.”
And then my friend went on to explain.
“Yes, it is not everyone’s cup of tea. But for me, mountaineering was my love. And Everest is the zenith of that. So I set myself to it – after many years of climbing smaller mountains. I never really set Everest as my goal when I started. But with every passing year, my mountains became bigger. And then one fine day, I thought – I am not getting any younger, time is running out. Why not Everest now? Why not do it for my mother? And so, I set myself up for it, prepared and trained for it over one or two years. It is not my own doing for certain. There are so many factors that helped me. But I had to give it a shot. And here I am.”
The interviewer stared at him in silence. And after a pause, my friend said, “Everyone can climb their own Everest.”
Now that made a lot of sense. And that inspired everyone who listened.
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