The stairs were plain and simple. There were no hidden tricks or traps, just brutal leg numbing training. The mental aspect was that they were constantly climbing high above the ground the descending, it would make anyone with a fear of heights cringe.
"Ugh, this is worse than hill sprints in gym class." Asher could only feel the burning in his legs intensifying. The odds of him being able to walk the next day were slim. Instead, he would look like his legs were made of jelly.
"I knew I was going to catch you!" Jackson had finally caught up to Asher with his superior pace. In the blink of an eye, he had stridden past Asher.
"Aren't these trees amazing? They have to be over a hundred maybe two hundred years old to be strong enough to support all these stairs and downward paths."
