The enormity of the task fades so quickly...

I just received an email from a friend who wanted to congratulate me on finishing this adventure. I realized again through the email, what I had achieved. When I finished the hike on Saturday I felt like I had been to places in my mind and body that I had never been, tapped into resources of energy and determination that I never knew existed. Just to put one foot in front of the other. To get from West to East of the Sierra Nevadas. I had gone beyond exhausted to a place that I had come out the other side feeling healthier than I had in a long time. It was a false sense of health as I was not supplying my body with nearly enough nutrients to compensate for the high level of activity we were doing, but it felt real none-the-less. I felt like I was making good decisions but looking back on the footage from the trip, there were times I could barely string a sentence together. Brains need food to function... And yet I sit here on my couch feeling not so different to 2 weeks ago (perhaps less stressed now the task is accomplished) and the enormity of what I achieved has faded. I need to remember to celebrate this adventure. The thing that Thomas and I did was something that not many people in this world could have dreamed of attempting, let alone succeeded in achieving. Thank you to the people out there that are reminding me of this - Ky