I climbed Mt. Saint Helen's recently with my family. We didn't go all the way to the top for various reasons. I have climbed to the top before, but the conditions then were not as variable. We started a bit late, 9:30 a.m. and planned for rain. Luckily it just misted. The major obstacle that we found was being able to see from one pylon to the next in the boulder fields, as the fog and at times clouds prevented us from easily following the route. I mentioned to my family that it was kind of like life. God only allows you to see so much and no more until you get a little closer to it or you really focus your vision on it searching for it. Sometimes you have to wait for your eyes to adjust to the fog.
I always tend to second-guess myself thinking, man we should have just taken the extra 3 hours it would take us from the point we were at to go to the top. In the back of my mind though, I was nervous about coming down and wondering if the weather was going to hold out.
There is always next year.
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