They say ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ.
For our Odyssey hikers, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ few ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ. Up one mountain, down the other sideโฆ and then, inevitably, another climb waiting ahead.
There is something about a mountain that strips things back to the simplest of choices: ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. One foot in front of the other. A little further. A little higher.
Tired legs, heavy packs and plenty of climbing – but also spectacular Karoo views, shared encouragement and the quiet satisfaction of discovering that you can do hard things.
And perhaps that is one of Odysseyโs greatest lessons: ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ. ๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ.
