3 Goals for 2015

On Solstice Day last month, I conjured up a set of 3 personal goals:

  • Hike to Seattle and back
  • Climb the Burj Khalifa thirty times
  • Lose three stone

My son Dewald asked if I planned to travel to Dubai and do all the climbing in one session. I smiled at his innocent question and literal interpretation. No, I’m not planning on actually climbing the Burj Khalifa thirty times, though it would be cool to do it once! However, I do plan on climbing the equivalent of thirty Burj Khalifas in 2015 and to hike a distance that is equivalent to hiking from San Francisco to Seattle and back. And I do hope that, in the process, I would lose the equivalent of three stone.

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