Boy were we a focused lot today as we walked nearly 12 miles uphill to get over the pass and head into Kingman. We made pretty good time and walked steady as we headed up the grade for the first 6 hours of our day.
During our lunch break (which was a wonderful meal of tabbouleh salad and hummus!), Walker and DQ University student Andrea Murillo kept a positive attitude as we prepared for our last 2 ½ mile climb up the grade: “I feel that if we can get through the first 3 (legs) of the day, than we can get through to the end no problem. We got this today.” Walker Cailin added, “it's not that bad – it's all just good really.”
At our rest stop as we crossed the pass, Walker Marek from Poland spoke words straight from his heart in the circle: “You know that this mountain range at over 4000 feet is higher than the highest mountains in my country. We were told that we would cross 18 mountain ranges during our journey and this is the reality. We can change to world. We can change me and we can change each other. We can do this and we will do this!”
Thank you Marek for those beautiful and inspiring words.
So, with over 50 of us completing the day we were shuttled into the American Legion Hall just outside of Kingman where Felipe, Jeff and the kitchen crew had a wonderful meal already prepared for us. We love you guys!!!! Tomorrow it's simply on to the next walking ]day!!!
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