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At first, I must tell you, why I must climb? Well, the main reason, because of my Jury. My Jury holds a competition that must be followed by all people. Who’s the winner? The winner is who can found and reach the top of the Mount Life. Annotated, my Jury doesn’t like weak mountaineer. So, I must follow….

Before I climb Mount Life, I stare it. Wow, so high, even I can’t see the top! Look, the mountain is shrouded by very thick mist in height! Hmm… can I climb it? My Jury doesn’t give me the characteristic of this mountain! So, I lack of knowledge about Mount Life, but I must climb it. Can you imagine it?

Fortunately my Jury gives me two sherpas to guide me, but just for a while. My Jury says to me, “ Okay, rookie mountaineer. There are your sherpas. You must hear them, because they have more experiments than you. Although they just can guide you for a short time, they’ll very helpful. I tell you, you’re very lucky because I can give you guider. There are some rookies that I can’t give. Why? Because I have different plan, different way for each people, but actually they have same goal: the Top of Happiness. Ready? Go!!!”

Well, finally I do it, with my sherpas. One year, two years, three years… I learn so many things from my sherpas. I learn how to avoid sharp rock. I learn the characteristic of fierce animal’s lair. I learn how to avoid sucker mud. I learn how to be a good climber…

One day, my sherpas tell me,” It just the beginning, my rookie. The higher you climb, more and more difficulties you’ll face. The forest in height is very dense. And remember, we can’t guide you for a long time. Someday our Jury will call us back. It means that you must climb alone. No, not alone. So many people, the other mountaineers, will help you to climb. But not all of them are honest. Maybe some of them have plans to make you slip.”

I’m afraid and start weeping. I beg them, please to always guide me! I can’t! Then my sherpas say to me,” No, don’t be afraid. Remember that our Jury doesn’t like weak mountaineer. Just believe your heart. If you are daunted, remember that our Jury will give you a very, very precious prize. Think, if you’ve already in the top, you can motivate the other climbers. You can say ‘Hello, world!!! I’m here!!’ while waving your hands. So, don’t be afraid! You must strong!”

My sherpas’ said makes me calm. Oh, my journey to top is apparently very hilarious! Well, I begin to imagine, what are there in the height? A giant spider? A werewolf? I’m ready to fight with them!

Time goes fast. Step by step my sherpas allow me to be an independent mountaineer. Now, I have known so many other climbers. One day, I meet some climbers that invite me to rest for a short time in a cave. This is a beautiful cave indeed. So many precious stone inside. Wow! I am very happy. With them, we play together. Oh, I fall asleep. I see many other climbers pass the cave where we rest. They continue to climb as if there’s not a cave there. My friends say to me, “They’re so fool! Why don’t they rest for a while here?” I agree….

So many valuable times are wasted just like that. I play and play. I forget about Jury, about my destiny to found and reach the peak. Why must I struggle it, if there’s so many gold, diamond here?

Hmm. I also hear some climbers outside my cave say to me,“ What are you doing here? Don’t you notice that so many climbers pass you while you play here? Whereas you began at the same start with them! But they pass you farther and farther. They’ve already climb this mountain much higher “. I don’t care about their advice. I continue to play with my friends.

Several years later passed without result. My sherpas is very sad because the climber that entrusted by the Jury to them forget about his goal to reach the peak. So my sherpas enter the cave and pull me out of the cave by force! And then they scold me,” That’s enough!! Remember that we told you, if not of all the climbers that you’ve known are good for you?? Look at the height!! Your climber’ friends that started this climbing at the same time with you, now they are farther in front of you!! And you??!! You are still here!!”

Brakkk!! It’s the first time my sherpas scold me like that! Okay, how do you feel when you’re realized by your mistakes that you have done for several years? Yeah, very regret indeed. For several days I just sit in a rock, very regret about it. Then I think, “Well, I’ve done wrong things up till now, so many my valuable times that I waste. I want to redeem it. I’ll follow them and come afterward they who have already farther in height!”

My regret for several years gives me new spirit. So I prepare rope, water, and other things that I need for climbing. I enter these things to my backpack and then carry it. I have strong will to continue my climbing and leave my cave friend. Afterward I climb the mountain with high speed! The other climbers that see my energetic climbing interested to collaborate with me. So, we are helping and helped! With collaboration, we are become faster and faster.

Despite of this, there are still so many temptations that will make me down. Temptation like seeing scenery below me for a while is very dangerous but interesting. It can make me go down because I’m so interesting with the scenery below. Or maybe there’s other temptation, like carelessness. If I climb too energetic but careless, slippery ground or even just small rock can make me slip down. I always must motivate myself: The scenery in the top of Mount Life is absolutely beautiful and astonishing. The scenery that I’m viewing now is nothing!!!

So I must climb faster but careful too. I know I just a human. Someday maybe my spirit become down. Someday maybe I walk alone in dense bleak forest that shrouded in mist. Someday, maybe there is fierce animal like wolf or snake that makes me daunted. Someday I will meet terrain that are very difficult to be climbed, hence I must find something to be relied on. But I always believe: My Jury won’t give something that can’t be done. Also, my Jury doesn’t like weak climber. I must remember it to motivate myself!


Now I’m in the slope. While I have energy and spirit to run, I will run. Now I can see the top clearly! Wait for me, world! Someday I have already in the Top of Happiness, waving my hands and shout:











HELLO WORLD! LOOK, I’M HERE NOW!!








Written by: Yose -- unfinished autobiography