Did I Really Do That...

I can't believe I actually climbed to the top of Stone Mountain and back down.  I did okay most of the way up but I got about a 100 meters from the top and panicked.  I sat down almost in tears thinking I was never getting down from that mountain.  As I sat there thinking I CAN'T DO THIS, I looked around thinking I had to do something.  Then I heard a few of my coaches voices in my head saying I CAN'T wasn't allowed in the vocabulary.  My friend that was with me was encouraging me as she came back for me.  I finally just crawled on my hands and knees about 50 meters until I was in a place I could stand up again because it was very steep.  I was petrified and didn't want to climb back down and wanted to ride the cable car.  My friend wasn't hearing any of it.  I text a few of my coaches because I needed some tough love and knew I would get it and I did.  I was so scared but off we went and back down the mountain we came.  I got to the steep part and sat down on my butt and slid down inch by inch until it wasn't too steep anymore.  People kept coming by asking if I needed help as they were concerned about me.  Then I got back to the part where there is a railing.  Going up wasn't too bad but coming down was not fun.  I took it slow and held on for dear life.  Once I got past that part it wasn't too bad.  There were a few parts where the steps off the boulders were too high for me and I sat down to get to the next boulder.  It took 50 minutes to get up the mountain and an hour and 10 minutes to get down.  I am so glad I did it and proud of my accomplishment but I don't want to do it again for a while.  My nerves are still in shock from it all!