WTF was i thinking?

So today I got up early and set out with one goal in mind....climb to the top

of Camelback Mountain. So I made the 45-minute drive and pulled in the parking lot, and I'm not going to lie, my first thought was "are you serious, that's it?" The mountain didn't look all that impressive from the parking lot. As I set out on my excursion I decided to take my time, shoot a lot of pictures and just enjoy the climb. Even the "little" climb was a lot for an old, out of shape man like myself, but as I got near "the top" I realized that what I was climbing was just a warm-up for the real mountain. There were many times that I thought I was going to pass out from the exhaustion of the climb, but I kept going...(sometimes after nice little breaks of resting and shooting) because I knew if I turned back I would regret it later. I actually had a lady tell me, "if I was out here by myself like you are, I would have turned around. But having been to the top, I have to tell you to keep going." That lady was right. Once I finally reached the summit every bit of exhaustion, pain, and negative thoughts were totally gone from my system. The view was incredible, and pictures weren't going to do it justice. There were many times I thought to myself, "WTF am I doing?" But once I saw the view I realized why I kept going. You just don't see this view in Michigan.