One Month One World One Year Challenge 2022
I'm posting this a few days early in case anyone has never heard of it before and might like to prepare for it and begin on January 1st. Or if anyone perhaps has questions on something in the rules th...
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Now it was Sunday. D.J. has been in Mt. Komorebi for a week. He's met a lot of people, mainly his elders. He's even attended one of the town's festivals. Because the fact it was Sunday, D.J. had the day off from not only school, but work as well.
D.J. called up Enele Hauata about his offer to teach rock climbing. Enele, along with his wife and son, were planning to climb Mt. Komorebi, for which the town was named after. He invited D.J. along, but told D.J. there was going to be a lot of training and workout involved. This included skiing to help work the arm and leg muscles. The excursion was going to be in a couple weeks, so D.J. had to work hard and fast if he wanted to tag along.
The two met up at the Mt. Komorebi Gym. There were wall climbing apparatus machines. Enele told D.J. he would start here and eventually move onto actual rock climbing. D.J was given a helmet as he's never wall or rock climbed before. Enele was an expert and showed D.J. some of his skills first before allowing D.J. to give it a try. Enele made it look easy.
After Enele climbed to the top, he used the side of the machine to slide down. Then it was D.J.'s turn. He started to climb finding the right footing and where looking which slots to put his hands. Enele told D.J. to climb to the top like he had. D.J. figured this wasn't as hard as he thought it would be. He was getting close to the top when he saw Enele move towards a panel next to the wall and push some buttons. The wall started to move. He was going down. D.J. wondered if the training was already over until Enele shouted out, "I said climb to the top!"
Enele moved back to his original position and stared at D.J. for which he was losing his balance and swung out with one loose hand, the other in a wall spot clinging on. He regained his balance and tried to climb while the wall was moving. He knew the speed of the wall was constant at one speed level, but when he thought he gained momentum, it seemed like the wall did too. Perhaps it was his arms that were making it feel that way. Enele and D.J. took a break for lunch. D.J's body was feeling fatigued.
After lunch, Enele took D.J. to the slopes to go skiing. D.J. mentions to Enele that he went sledding the other day and that he had fun. They went to the bunny slopes as this was D.J.'s first time skiing. He was told that eventually he'll be going all the way to the top to ski down before the excursion. D.J. received loaner skis but Enele said he will want to purchase a set eventually for himself.
On more than one occasion, D.J. lost control and landed in a heap of snow by the time he got to the bottom of the slope. His skis and poles laying by his side.
Enele showed him up with perfect slides and fancy maneuvers. Even to the point of skiing hands free without his ski poles.
Both were having fun, but D.J. also knew this was a learning experience. However, the sun was going to set soon and Enele had to get back to his wife and son. They finished off their day in the Onsen hot springs. The warmth of the water felt good on D.J.'s skin. Enele told D.J. he wanted him to practice at the gym on the wall climber or go skiing at the bunny slopes once a day. He didn't have to do both. He preferred that D.J. go wall climbing more. In a week, he'll check in with D.J. and they'll move to actual rock climbing and ski down the bigger slopes.
D.J was happy to have Enele there. He had a mom and dad at home in Newcrest, but considered Enele to be a father figure to him during his time in Mt. Komorebi. He couldn't wait to participate on the mountain excursion with Enele and his family.
