Climbing trees is not for the faint-hearted! Trust me I've tried!

I've got such a stiff body. I had a climb a tree, try and get 10 meters off the ground where there was my small Blade mCP X heli waiting for me another 10 meters away from me. I spent a good Hour throwing my shoes at it, small logs at it until a lady brought some rope. The one end of the rope was tied to a stone. The plan was to hook the rope around a branch close to where the heli was stuck and shake it until it got detached. After a number of tries, eventually got the rope at a right position whereby I could shake the tree and the small devil of the my heli eventually glided to the ground.

All the while, there was a good numbers of family (including my 86 years old grandma) and friends spurring me on to the goal way above me. My good friend Thabo had even perfected the skill of throwing my fallen shoe accurately in my hands! I must be honest, it really dawned on me how high I was once I was back down again. I had achieved something special today and It felt great. It although there were many comments (some positive but many negatives) I kept going eventhough I was starting to get cramps in my legs and arms.

It's clear there many life lessons (some are very clear) that can be taken from yesterday's almost catastrophic event. But one of them I take away: If you don't try, you'll never never know. #faithnofear

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