As we set off form the parking lot, heads held high with confidence, none of us expected the challenges of the next few hours. Everything from chronic knee issues to being out of shape slowed down the group as we attempted to race up the mountain to watch the sunrise. Mount Timpanogos, the highest peak around. Over 11,000 feet above sea-level, this peak was as close to heaven as I could get without leaving the ground. But midway through the hike, it didn't seem like we would make it. The sunrise came and went, and though we weren't at the top we still kept up our efforts. Though not all of us made it, I eventual stumbled into the small shack assembled at the peak.The view was breathtaking.
As I sat up top, thinking of the hours and hours it took to make it, I reflected on the speech given in the new BYU presidential inauguration. The speaker discussed the reasons for BYU's location, right up against the mountains. In the scriptures, there is an analogy of the mountains with the temple, and accomplishment. with this in mind the top of the mountain became a more spiritual environment. Though the hike was difficult, and there were many more challenges that had to be overcome to summit than we had anticipated, those who were able to summit were able to experience a great physical and spiritual accomplishment.
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