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