01/04/2026
“Climb With Me: Choose Your Mountain.”
I’ve thought long and hard as to how best to sum up our recent Community Everesting event. But how do you capture all the emotions, all the highs and the lows? Because this was a night and day that had absolutely everything.
Weather gods at their nastiest; traffic behaving; friends and supporters bringing cheers, hugs, coffee, and love. Community members pushing themselves to places they’d never been and in doing so, inspiring us that we’re climbing to the top of Everest.
Ultimately though, a call had to be made to stop. One of the hardest calls I’ve had to make. It was the right one.
A week later, I received a message from a friend. She said this, “Sometimes, success is letting go of succeeding”. If ever there was a statement that captured Climb With Me, then this is it.
Together with our community, we didn’t bemoan what we hadn’t achieved, but rather, what we had. I’m so proud of not just what Sammy and Joel accomplished, but how they changed the narrative of disappointment into a story and a message of resilience. They have their own stories to share if and when they’re ready. Mine is how incredible it was to watch them both rise above the disappointment, turn around and see what they had achieved, and embrace just how incredible their achievements were.
When you let go of succeeding, you get to enjoy every step, every moment, and every memory of getting to your summit on the day.
“Sometimes success is letting go of succeeding”.
Until next time, stay beautiful my friends.
