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Summit of Pikes Peak
到达派克峰顶-她办到了!

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茱莉雅.阿契博得.何姆斯 (Julia Archibald Holms) 登上派克峰 (Pike’s Peak)
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茱莉雅.何姆斯到达山顶后,必须要说:「我完成了我为自己定下的这项任务几乎每一个人都想让我打退堂鼓,但是我相信我一定会成功。」

现在如果你要作这种比较困难的挑战,已经有特别的服饰与装备能协助你,让过程变得比较容易。但是你对自己的信心,比起任何其他装备都要来得更有帮助。你的信心能让你面对任何挑战,而不只是只有在爬山时才用得到而已。你有没有做过什么其他人觉得你绝对无法完成的事情呢?
 

Here's what Julia Holmes had to say: "I have accomplished the task which I marked out for myself . . . Nearly everyone tried to discourage me from attempting it, but I believed that I should succeed."

Nowadays there is special clothing and gear to help make it easier to accomplish physical challenges, but the belief that you can make it is better than any kind of gear you can have. That goes for all sorts of challenges, not just climbing mountains. Have you ever done something that others said you wouldn't be able to do?

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