Test on the roadway
In the final stage of treatment the four participants of the reality went to the six-day hike to the top of the sacred mountain Tashtar Ata. The "rock of soul” was in the backpack on the back of every participant."
The starting point was the Ala-Bel passage. At an altitude of 3 thousand meters, a mountain landscape fascinated with its diversity and welcomed its guests with temperature fluctuations. Keen cold of the early morning suddenly changed to a sunny day. The wind ruthlessly dried face and hands.
It immediately became clear that the path will be hard, but not just because of severe weather or field conditions. To pass the distance of 250 kilometers is hard mentally. An endless stream of thoughts and frequent change of mood during the hike is inevitable. Therefore, coach and psychotherapist assisted the pilgrims all the way long.
The first two days, were relatively easy to the pilgrims. Although, on the first day Gleb had a back pain, it was hard to walk. And he was ready to leave to the clinic. But after he underwent an anesthetic injection, he continued his way.
The leaders were Anatoliy and Andrey. They have chosen a pilgrimage as the last stage of treatment from the beginning. Doctors also agreed with their opinion. Despite the blisters that appeared on the second day, and pain in the legs, they did not give up. Let us note that the participants had to go on a straight road. That is the rule that Gleb violated. Apparently, wanting to quickly catch up with Anatoliy and Andrey, who were going ahead of him, he made a shortcut. Although the alternative was not entirely successful.
Climbing over the rocks, he endangered himself and the operator who was following him. And after the guy broke his stone, he was taken off from a distance without warning and the right to explain.
Most interesting is that if Gleb foresaw such an outcome. After the decision of doctors to send him on a pilgrimage instead of a stress-energy therapy, which he chose as the third stage of treatment, he shared:
"I think it would be better if I went to a shock, I know what happens after 250 miles. I'll go and be mad at that stone. But it will be just anger. Like, I do not want to go further, but I still will. I could make it in America and walk 250 kilometers with a stone in my backpack, if I really needed it. For me it would be like a hike. I will just come angry, throw the stone, and nothing else will happen. I passed 380 kilometers, I know what it is like. Also with a backpack,"- he was indignant.
"I wanted to move on!" - he will say later. But the doctor's decision to send him home was unshakable.
Following Gleb already voluntarily Irina ceases her way to rescue. According to her, she did not have any moral or physical strength to go on.
"Initially I wanted to take a medical leave, because I know that I cannot take this pilgrimage. My feet are not moving, everything hurts. Corns, limped all day yesterday. Hard. And I didn’t see any sense. Why suffer? The first two days, I was walking easily. On the third day the stone became too heavy to lift. And you cannot even rest. You sit down, and then you can’t get up,"- she said, after returning to the clinic.
Irina strongly believes that her treatment is over with this. She walked as much as she needed. And the point was made.
At this time, in spite of fatigue, and after bandaging the wounds on the soles one more time, Anatoliy and Andrey valiantly continued their journey. As it turned out, it was not that easy. And they just have all the chances to finally "get rid of addiction and gain something new."
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