Hothouse Flower

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RYKE MEADOWS

Connor may hate Confucius but there’s something he said that I never challenge. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”

El Capitan looms before me. All those fears loom behind.

It’s just me and the ascent.

Years of hard work and labor coming full circle to this one day. And I’m fucking ready.

I take a deep breath, blink one last time.

And I ascend towards the summit.