Reflections - Hiking Club

Before the Activity:

We are going to go hiking on a small mountain in our local area, known as Serantes. As I said it is not very tall. This experience could be regarded as non-challenging but as it is the our first experience in the Hiking Club, we decided to start on an easy mountain. I think it will be an enjoyable experience, with no real physical challenge.

During the Activity:

My predictions were not true at all. During the first half of the mountain everything went smoothly but towards the second half, specially during the last 50m of the mountain, we had to go through a steep, VERY steep cliff. This was no longer easy and non-challenging, in fact, I had to really make an effort to make it to the top. We certainly did not anticipate this problem and thought that the height of a mountain was proportional to how challenging it  si to climb. We were completely wrong. Nonetheless, we all made it to the top and it was a very enjoyable experience.

After the Activity:

Next time we will be more aware about the challenge a mountain represents and not underjudge it by its height. This first experience will lead me to accomplish my objectives with this activity in the future.