9,000: Number of vertical feet climbed getting to the top of Nevado del Tolimo
8,999: Number of times I checked Facebook to see how many people liked the picture of me climbing to the top of Nevado del Tolimo.
1570: Number of pages read (6 books)
143: Estimated number of soft serve ice cream cones consumed
76: Number of times I praised the person who invented air conditioning
42: Number of hours spent hiking
40: Number of hours spent studying Spanish
32: Ounces of bug spray my mom packed for us
24: Number of Medium posts written
14: Number of hours spent on busses
10: Combined hours of layover in Bogota Airport
9: Number of times per hour you would hear the word “digital nomad” thrown around in Medellin
8: Number of times we fake shopped in Cartagena boutiques just so we could enjoy their free air conditioning
7: number of destinations we visited (Cartagena, Taganga, Parque Tayrona, Santa Marta, Medellin, Salento, Parque Los Nevados
6: Types of different sleeping arrangements we had (BnB; hostel (2x); boutique hotel; tent (2x); co-living apartment; farm)
5: Average number of meats we would find in most “vegetarian” dishes we ordered
4: Longest stretch of days I went without a shower
3: Number of times we met up with or randomly ran into people we knew from home
2: Number of national parks visited
1. Number of volcanos summited
.5: Number of times I dreamed in Spanish (it was in Spanglish)
0: number of times I got confused for a Colombian because my Spanish was so awesome
