Hands in powder for an added grip
Flex ready muscles
Heart beating to a distant song
        Reach up
For that first, easy, hold
Get a good boost of that boulder
Climb
        Reach
Pull
Scraped knee from that jut of rock
Bruised shins as foot holds break
Wrenched shoulder from holding on
        Oh, shit…
Stuck
Where to go from here
…Wait!         There!         But so far…
Dino
        Launching into air
                                     Feet leave rock ... More

Hands in powder for an added grip
Flex ready muscles
Heart beating to a distant song
        Reach up
For that first, easy, hold
Get a good boost of that boulder
Climb
        Reach
Pull
Scraped knee from that jut of rock
Bruised shins as foot holds break
Wrenched shoulder from holding on
        Oh, shit…
Stuck
Where to go from here
…Wait!         There!         But so far…
Dino
        Launching into air
                                     Feet leave rock
                                                             Gut flips from fear of falling
                                                                                                         Down

Fingers catch
Hanging on with tips
Toes grip barely existent holds
Muscles aching
        Pull hard
Closer to the top
Sweaty hands slipping
More powder

        Just ten more feet to go

A new feeling, sun scorched grass
Beneath tired, raw fingers
Hardly able to haul
An aching, sweaty body up
        Grass
Cool under a hot, burning face
Air finally making it back to faltering lungs
Stand up on shaking legs
And look at what has been accomplished
A hundred feet up in the air
        Dying, bone tired
Still have to make the trip down

 

This feeling

        It's the best thing in the world  Less