From 6pm on April 29 to 8am on April 30, I participated in Bershire County All College Relay for Life. This event raised money for the American Cancer Society to help fight cancer. For roughly twelve hours, I and many others walked in circles around the quad while a DJ blasted music at earsplitting levels. Now in all fairness, I had a really great time. I walked with my friends and we played games and danced to music. The food was good and everyone was in good spirits. Yet, as I began to start what seemed as my five hundredth lap around the quad and my knees and hips began to give out, I started to think of how easily this event could be used as torture. Even though I was having an awesome time, the lack of sleep and the physical toll on my body was significant; to make things simple let me say I walked for 10 hours at a clip of 3 miles an hour. In all, I walked roughly 30 miles in a fourteen hour period. If I was a prisoner of war and I was made to walk all night around in a circle with strange music blasting from loudspeakers without anyone to talk to, I would definitely go crazy. The pain that I would be feeling physically combined with the mental state created by this environment would be unbearable.
Q: Have you ever been in a position where your body and mind was pushed to their limits?
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