# @arielleshipe on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DbYp_KVlHxm
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68403087-arielleshipe-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-29T17:31:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Arielle Shipe | Outdoor Adventure + Motherhood (@arielleshipe) — https://gondola.cc/arielleshipe

## Caption

Last week I climbed Pyramid Peak for the second time, but it was my first summit mission in over 4 years… the first since becoming a mom.

Postpartum kicked my butt and then life got busy… full-time corporate job, chasing a toddler, traveling a lot for work… But last year I got consistent with one thing: rebuilding my strength. I’ve been consistently showing up to the studio to train an average of 3 days a week for exactly 52 weeks now.

Even though I’ve been feeling so much stronger this summer, I was still so intimidated to attempt this summit again. I felt confident I could do it but expected it to destroy me. Heck, even before kids it kicked my butt so how could it not?!

I know it’s corny but I actually get a little emotional thinking about how I felt…

I felt fucking good. Like I had more gas in the tank…

I spent all this time focused on catching up to my past self that it didn’t even cross my mind that I could actually be STRONGER.

As weird as it sounds, this has actually been one of the things that’s got me considering the idea of having a second kid… because even though it took time, I proved to myself that I don’t have to lose myself in motherhood.

I still don’t know what we will end up deciding, but I do know this: I can rebuild myself. I can come back from whatever comes my way, stronger.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

And so can you. 

#adventuremom #coloradolife

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