Its probably not a good idea to try to climb a 4,935 meter mountain when you've been sick the day before. Its also probably not a good idea to go to the beach, down to 0 meters above sea level, the week before you attempt to climb the mountain. And it is definitely not a good idea to do absolutely no sort of physical activity while you are at the beach for the weekend the week before climbing the mountain.
That said, however, it is ok to still try to climb the mountain, even if you only make it half way to the top. Luckily for us, mountains don't move around and the mountain will probably still be there in the future if you cant to attempt to climb it again.
The mountain I am talking about is the Sincholahua, I was supposed to climb it on sunday, but for all the reasons stated above I only got halfway there. It was a nice experience though. We reached a point called la Piramide (the pyramid) and well by that point my brother and I weren't fit enough to continue with the rest of the group. So instead of hiking all the way op to the top of the mountain we just stayed there, had some lunch and went back done to where the bus was waiting. Although I was a bit disappointed in not making it to the top, staying behind with my brother was great. I don't see him too often since we don't live in the same country. We don't talk too often because we are usually busy, so it was great to have a whole free day with him.
:)
Maybe in the future I will think about climbing Sincholagua again. Its a tough climb, its quite steep and very long. The rest of the group did the whole walk, up to the top and back down, in approximately 12 hours. So who knows, maybe next time.
