{"id":55547,"date":"2015-05-14T05:50:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T20:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=55547"},"modified":"2015-05-14T05:50:21","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T20:50:21","slug":"the-peak-of-my-life-in-the-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=55547","title":{"rendered":"The Peak of My Life:  In the Wind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>if you asked me 20 years ago &#8220;what the biggest challenge of my life was?&#8221;  i would say, graduating from college.  if you were to ask me 10 years ago, i would say, starting my own business.  if you were to ask me 5 years ago, i would say hiking up Mt. Fuji.  and if you were to ask me now, i would say hiking up Acatenango.  by far, this being the most challenging experience of my entire life.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_7403.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_7403-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7403\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-55549\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nthe whole experience is too hard to describe in words.  you kind of had to be there to feel what i felt.  i didn&#8217;t scream after graduating from college, i didn&#8217;t scream when starting my own business, and i didn&#8217;t scream on top of Mt. Fuji.  BUT, i screamed of joy at the top of my lungs when i reached the top of Acatenango.  after that, i knew i could overcome any other challenge in my life.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_7379.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_7379-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7379\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-55548\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nbeing that close to an erupting volcano brought more than chicken skin, it brought joy, laughter, and even a tear.  i still can&#8217;t believe what i experienced.  i felt like Mother Nature was staring at me right in the eye.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_7352.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_7352-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7352\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-55550\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nstraight off the airplane, to hiking up one of the tallest volcanos in central america.  to think that 24 hours before this photo was taken, i was surfing at ala moana bowls.<br \/>\n&#8220;nothing&#8217;s going to stop me In The Wind!&#8221;    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>if you asked me 20 years ago &#8220;what the biggest challenge of my life was?&#8221; i would say, graduating from college. if you were to ask me 10 years ago, i would say, starting my own business. if you were to ask me 5 years ago, i would say hiking up Mt. Fuji. and if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-kirby-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55547\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}