Beyond this door are three mountains. The first two are tough but manageable climbs. The third one though - Homyeong Mountain - is a straight up thirty minute ascent. Today there was ice on the road, snow on the ground and when we finally got to the downhill a minus ten wind chill that leaves a Guatemalan guy doubting his own sanity.

But what a great day it was: testing the limits of my endurance and remembering that a body has dreams and ambitions of its own, every bit as worthy as those of the mind and spirit.