| Mount Egmont in New Zealand, now officially known | | | | and still disgusting weather conditions, the mountain |
| as Mount Taranaki is a 8261 feet (2518m) tall volcanic | | | | hated us, another weekend spent in a cabin and |
| cone on the West Coast of the North Island of New | | | | walking the lower forrested slopes. But with all goals |
| Zealand. Not impossibly large but certainly a nice climb | | | | the secret to success is not the length of time or |
| and a challenge considering approximately 65 people | | | | difficulty achieving the goal but the number of |
| have died whilst climbing it, mainly due to | | | | attempts that really demonstrate ones character. |
| hypothermia brought on by rapid weather changes. | | | | It took the third year and finally the goal of climbing |
| You may have sent it without knowing it - is was the | | | | the mountain was achieved. |
| moutain backdrop in The Last Samurai (pretending to | | | | When we set goals whether they be personal or |
| be Mt. Fuji). | | | | business often we have no idea or the difficulties one |
| The Mountain is snow capped for a fair proportion of | | | | will face when setting them. They start as a dream |
| the year and a small amount of perpetual ice is on | | | | but the reality is often very difficult. What makes |
| the summit (unless global warming gets rid of it) | | | | one successful or not comes down to |
| Along with an Outdoor Activity Club a goal was set | | | | DETERMINATION. Climbing Mount Taranaki should |
| to climb to the top of the mountain, it wasn't | | | | have been easy - in this case it wasn't, but the |
| expected to be to difficult to accomplish. There is a | | | | determination ensured the goal was achieved. |
| reasonable marked track up to the top with marker | | | | Many people in life have goals there believe should be |
| poles showing the correct way to go. | | | | easy, and normally perhaps they should, but what |
| However the first year it was attempted the | | | | really proclaims what type of person we are is how |
| remains of a tropical hurricane were battering the | | | | we respond when a simple goal becomes difficult, do |
| west coast of New Zealand and we literally risked | | | | we give up the goal or simply increase the effort. |
| being blown off the mountain. A goal was made to | | | | Its your choice! |
| attempt it again in the following year. A year later | | | | |