I remember before the trip we all got matching t-shirts. On the shirt, it had the map on it. I remember looking at the map and the track was only six inches long, and thinking this won’t be hard it’s not that long of a track; but boy was I wrong. I’ve never really been camping or even hiking before this. Everyone thought I was crazy for doing this trip but I wanted to do it. I wanted the adventure and the story that would come out of this. I never imagined how much this would change me. Hiking 72 miles changed my life for the better, and not because I started using words like track or other "hiking" words. Hiking made me become more confident, find out more about myself, and it taught me how to trust people other than my family. Walking
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I didn’t like letting people in because I was scared to get hurt. I wouldn’t allow anyone to get too close to me. I used to hide everything, no one knew anything about me. I had a few friends that I really did trust but it was hard for me to really open up to them. On the trail, I learned that you have to trust the people. There’s times that are super dangerous and you have to let them in or it could be bad. An example is the last mile we had to go under a barbwire fence and I had to trust the person holding up the fence so I could get under it safely. After New Mexico, I let more people into my life. I let them see who I truly am. I really started to open up to my friends and showing them sides that I didn’t even know I had. New Mexico really helped me find really great friends and how to trust them. These people, that I went hiking with, taught me that it is ok to trust and to open yourself up a bit instead of closing everyone out. Before I didn’t really joke with them or anything but by the end I was laughing and joking with them. At the beginning of the track I didn’t really know them or like them not now I call them family and I trust them with my life. From the time, the plane took off to the time the plane landed, I changed. I changed in more ways than I thought I would. My first change was I became more confident. I was more confident because I had done something I thought I could never do. My second change was I found more about myself, I realized I want my life to be an adventure. My third change was I could trust other people not just my family. As I cleaned and put away my backpack, boots, and all my supplies, my heart hurt but I knew that I would be able to use them again
I didn’t like letting people in because I was scared to get hurt. I wouldn’t allow anyone to get too close to me. I used to hide everything, no one knew anything about me. I had a few friends that I really did trust but it was hard for me to really open up to them. On the trail, I learned that you have to trust the people. There’s times that are super dangerous and you have to let them in or it could be bad. An example is the last mile we had to go under a barbwire fence and I had to trust the person holding up the fence so I could get under it safely. After New Mexico, I let more people into my life. I let them see who I truly am. I really started to open up to my friends and showing them sides that I didn’t even know I had. New Mexico really helped me find really great friends and how to trust them. These people, that I went hiking with, taught me that it is ok to trust and to open yourself up a bit instead of closing everyone out. Before I didn’t really joke with them or anything but by the end I was laughing and joking with them. At the beginning of the track I didn’t really know them or like them not now I call them family and I trust them with my life. From the time, the plane took off to the time the plane landed, I changed. I changed in more ways than I thought I would. My first change was I became more confident. I was more confident because I had done something I thought I could never do. My second change was I found more about myself, I realized I want my life to be an adventure. My third change was I could trust other people not just my family. As I cleaned and put away my backpack, boots, and all my supplies, my heart hurt but I knew that I would be able to use them again