5 Minute Freewrite - Flat

All, doing a 5 minute freewrite. Thank you for reading.

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Three friends whom had just finished their 4 years of undergraduate studies celebrated with a graduation trip to Nepal. They've got for themselves a local guide and 2 porters to lead them in a 15 days trekking in the Annapurna mountain range.

At the start of the trekking, everyone was full of energy. But slowly after three days of hiking, muscle fatigue is catching up. Muscle soreness was felt and legs at times felt a little jelly especially after a series of ups and downs especially after catching the sunrise at Poon Hills. Day 3 ends and Jason, one of the trio asked the guide, how will the terrain be for Day 4. The guide replied Jason, "Sir, do not worry. Tomorrow will be generally flat." Jason breathed a sigh of relieve as he wrap up the day and headed back to his room to do some stretching before heading to bed.

But as Day 4 proceeded, it was again a series of ups and downs. By lunch, Jason was really exhausted from the walking. He was prepared for a day of flat terrain trekking by it didn't seem flat enough.

He once again approached the guide and asked, "Did you say today will be generally flat, but the path we took this morning had so many ups and downs within it."

The guide cheekily replied, "The flat I meant was Nepali flat, which consist of some ups and downs, so it evens out as flat." Jason upon hearing it felt deflated and wondered why he chose to spend his graudation trip doing this 15 days of trekking with 11 more days to go.