All KIS students are required to participate in two hikes, after that hikes are optional. Many kids continue hiking in pursuit of the "Tahr Pin" awarded to all who complete a certain number of increasingly long and strenuous hikes. I have joined the past four hikes in part for exercise, but more for the opportunity to get out in the surrounding forest inhabited by wild bison and even elephants farther away. The scenery and views are spectacular. I can no longer blame the altitude (7000 ft.) for my shortness of breath since two months are plenty of time to adjust. As the old adage goes, "I'm in no shape to exercise!" Every week I say, " This is the last hike"' as I hobble home after, but each week the muscle aches and pains are disappearing earlier in the week and off I go to sign up for "just one more". There are usually a few others who are struggling on the steep uphill slopes, huffing and puffing. The students are a pleasure to chat with on the trips and we congratulate each other on our mutual accomplishments.
Pictured are Dolphin's Nose, Jerry's Point and Gundar Falls.
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