On my August challenge

Contrary to what I had planned, I didn’t post weekly updates on my challenge throughout August. No particular reason why, I was just busy doing various other things and posting updates on the hikes was low on my list of priorities. But, I am happy to report that I have successfully ended the month at 5033 meters of elevation gained, which is easily over my target goal of 4810!

Congratulations to me, I guess. This was a fun challenge that went way differently than what I had envisioned back in July. As you’ll notice from the screenshot above, I managed to record some activity on most days. The stretch from the 11th to the 17th is mostly empty because it was way too hot to do anything remotely challenging outdoors. I think we peaked at 39°C. So that was pretty much a wasted week for my challenge. We also had a few rainy days here and there, which slowed me down even further.

The distribution across the month of those 5000+ meters is also far from even. You’ll notice that there are a couple of big spikes, and that’s because I knew I had to do at least a couple of decent hikes if I wanted to get to my target goal. Those five spikes are:

There was another 1000+ meters hike I wanted to do, but August’s weather had other plans, and so I only managed to do one. I’ll take it.

I think I’ll attempt this challenge again next year, but I might do it either in May or in June. August is definitely not the right month for something like this. But it was fun, and that’s all that matters.

Now that August is behind us, you might be wondering what’s on the menu for September. I thought about participating in the Suck At Something September, which is such a great idea, but to be honest with you, I think I’ll take a few months off from doing challenges and just go day by day without having to think about some self-imposed challenge. There are a lot of other things going on anyway, and so no risk of getting bored anytime soon.