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I think it’s kind of an intense way of showing it. I guess I think of climbing Mt Aspiring and the very last part of the climb: the last five or 10 metres, it was so windy that I couldn’t hear Gavin, my guide and climbing partner, who was yelling at me, and I couldn’t hear what he was saying. I realized that I was by myself and no one could support me, as there was nobody else on the mountain. I had to muster the courage and use all the skills and knowledge and experience I had, to start climbing that last pitch, and I wasn’t really sure if I was going the right way. Even though it was well out of my comfort zone, I had to believe it would work out. When I finally got my courage up and did it, it was scary, but it went well and I got to the summit! I guess what I want people to take from this story is that, sometimes, stepping out of your comfort zone is hard and scary, but it can lead to amazing things! What advice do you have to offer to others who have a disability and are looking to achieve? things I’d like to do, and just believing I can do them and not letting people hold me back. And there will be naysayers. There have been so many people who tried to hold me back from so many of the missions I’ve done, and what that means is, that I could’ve lost a lot of faith in myself. As an adventurer, you’ve got to push through and believe in yourself—back yourself, even when others don’t. If it’s something you really want to do, you’ll do it—you’ll do the training; you’ll seek the right support; you’ll get the right resources in place; and do the right planning for it to come true. And, I think part of it is, you’ve got to have the right expertise: there are a lot of ‘experts’ out there, but you’ve got to assess who the ‘right experts’ are to support you to be able to do what you want to do. Being able to do the training is a big part of it as well—you don’t just jump into something without doing the hard yards to get there. And lastly, believe in yourself 100 percent, and even when you are scared, just keep believing. NM: Dreaming is the first step. I’m a big dreamer; I love to think about cool missions; I love to think about cool 20 | CON5
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