Konrad Raab's Fatal Fortunes RP 1: Climbing Snowdon Mountain and discovery on the positive tests on Konrad's rare condition.

Gwynedd, Wales. (Snowdon mountain climb.) Wednesday 20th March. (Offline)

This wasn't the beginning everyone was seeing out of me where I vomited, although I did do that at the beginning, but it only lasted a minute this time ironically. Maybe because I was getting used to climbing mountains, or it was due to the fact this one was a lot smaller. I found out when I started to climb the highest mountains in a month due to what Ross said about doing two weeks of Crevasse Rescue training with Jacob. Which I already had questions about as we started to climb the mountain. We weren't wearing as much protection as it was a smaller mountain compared to other ones I've done, but it was the same as the usual methods we were doing to climb.

Konrad Raab: "Is it true you agreed with Ross about doing this Crevasse Rescue training with you for two weeks?"

Jacob Thomas: "Yes, because the mountains in Mexico and Tanzania are really high and will test your limits, and you think Pikes Peek was hard, that's only the beginning for you."

Konrad Raab: "Wonderful."

Jacob Thomas: "Stop with the sarcasm."

He already read through me on how I spoke when it came to that discussion as, luckily, this wasn't as high as the other mountains I've climbed, especially with that god-awful road course race coming up when it was partly that I was acting like the way I am because I hated doing NASCAR road course races so much.

Konrad Raab: "Yeah, guess I hate what I got coming up."

Jacob Thomas: "We told you that we're going to work with you on the Crevasse Rescue Training, and you'll have another partner as well because they will guide you. He's an excellent friend of mine. We also have to get you to climb higher mountains because your limits need to be pushed."

Konrad Raab: "No, it's nothing to do with that, and it's nothing to do with wrestling, ironically, either. I take great pride in attacking Enigma because I enjoyed attacking him to give him a taste of what a true monster acts like in the ring, someone who's on par with him."

I couldn't stop smiling at the fact I plotted my attack on Enigma as he had it coming with how I made him face a true monster like myself and someone who can be really brutal to me, which is the type of wrestler I enjoy facing. Anyway, we started climbing together, and although this was a very different mountain to the ones I had climbed before, I wondered what was special about this one I was climbing. I know I will soon find out, and I didn't have to deal with the cold and hot temperatures this time as the United Kingdom was more known for rain, but it isn't raining at all. It was windy, but not as much as I thought.

Jacob Thomas: "Then what do you hate that's coming up?"

Konrad Raab "Circuit Of The Americas Road Course race."

Jacob Thomas: "Why?"

Konrad Raab: "I freaking hate driving road courses as I can never ever perform well at them. That's on top of me doing a Truck and the Xfinity Series race. For that reason, the team ensured I must do the Truck race this weekend on top of the ARCA Menards Series races for road course races. I stink at them."

Of course, we were walking up the mountain, and it didn't seem like a struggle; maybe I turned around, and Jacob, I think, saw that it wasn't the mountain I was complaining about. The mountain, if anything, today was helping me, and it was a good thing as well, with me being angry about something other than wrestling and climbing mountains. He knew little about my racing career in NASCAR or my achievements because I refused to brag about my efforts there.

Jacob Thomas: "What, because you don't win them?"

Konrad Raab: "Yes. I never feel I will ever adapt to them."

Jacob Thomas: "Oh, so now I hear you being negative. Oh, Konrad, granted, you stated you've never won them, but sometimes, the progress you made in the road course races matters, right? That applies in wrestling as well. You can't be negative about every single downfall you get. I mean, the team are trying to get you to be better here."

Konrad Raab: "Oh, I know they are. I wish it was an ARCA Menards Series car race rather than a Truck Series race. I hate Trucks because they are too slow for me and look so dull, but I have to improve my road course racing. The one thing I hated about my Xfinity Series Championship win last year was that I couldn't win a single road course race. The pressure is on me even more with Shane and AJ in the team with me."

It was true, and it was good I was talking to someone about this as I was taking this mountain climb with ease. Honestly, it was preparing me for the race more than I had hoped, but it was good to feel the fresh air; it was good to think that distraction prevented me from being pessimistic about wrestling and potentially facing Selena for the World Title. The match against her would make zero sense.

Then again, not feeling the fear of altitude sickness was a big factor in my not being concerned about it. However, I always felt pressure with the road course races, especially with AJ and Shane being experts on them, which caused me to be fearful of them. Jacob sighed, and he discussed it with me.

Jacob Thomas: "Everyone in racing has a weakness that they need to improve on, and in this case, it's road courses. That's the good thing about being in this Kaulig team, right?"

Konrad Raab: "Yeah, but they are the best road course drivers anyone has ever seen in NASCAR."

Jacob Thomas: "With two experienced road course drivers, they will make you a better road course racer and driver. It's good you feel so down because that tells me you want to improve and be better."

Konrad Raab: “Of course I do.”

Jacob Thomas: "I wish you feel the same way when facing Selena Frost for the World Title."

I knew Jacob was going to relevant road course racing and a world title hunt quest. They were alike in the struggles I had, and heck, not even the wrestlers realised I completely sucked at road course races because I just didn't have the experience for them. Granted, the Rolex twenty-four-hour race did me some justice, but I enjoyed driving the car more than I expected. We continued to climb, and we caught up to many hikers doing the same thing as us. I was walking this like a breeze because I wasn't focusing on fearing altitude sickness. But the black mountains reminded me of something when we got closer to halfway. 

Konrad Raab: "The mountains look like they could be volcanos."

Jacob Thomas: "They do look like volcanos, don't they? But no, they aren't, ironically. I'm surprised you didn't know that the guy used these mountains to prepare himself to climb Mount Everest."

Konrad Raab: "Oh god, please don't tell me I will do them mountains."

Jacob Thomas: "No way I'll gonna push you to those levels and not the K two mountain either. That's way too dangerous for a man your age, to be honest, especially since I don't think you'll handle your fears too well with the altitude sickness with those mountains. We're skipping them completely."

Konrad Raab: "Good, I would've refused to do those."

Jacob Thomas: "But hey, I haven't heard you moan once today about that. Granted, you had the road course race on your mind, but you're really doing well today. I say this is major progress. No messing about, no needing to stop for a drink, although I could understand with the other mountains. You're doing a brilliant job today."

Even Ross heard everything Jacob said via the radio communications, and he agreed. Of course, as usual, Ross kept going on about me talking about the world title hunt, but with Selena as champion, I don't know if I could right now because she isn't worthy of my time, and that was the issue. I felt good about climbing this mountain and everything, but the road course is coming up this weekend.

Konrad Raab: "I know what you both are saying about Selena, but I told you the problem with her is I don't think she's a threat to me. I just can't think what to say about her that would make the match exciting. As I said, the only fear I contribute to facing her is winning the title."

Jacob Thomas: "Along with your fear of never winning a road course race. I get she isn't the most violent wrestling champion, but she is at the top of the league, and it's something you can't ignore or forget about her."

Konrad Raab: "I know, it's just she'd end up fearing me more than the other way around, and that's something, to be honest, I have no interest in. Selena is honestly the most boring champion for me to face. I rather wait until the right one comes and when I decide it's the right time for me to attack the champion."

Jacob Thomas: "I understand, and it was best for you overall, when I think about it, to have you face Enigma anyway as you'd likely feel extremely rusty in the ring to start things off, so I'd rather you have rust now, than during the time you will eventually go for the World Title."

I stopped when I saw there was a different type of climbing, something funny enough Ross and Jacob spoke briefly about. I stopped because I kind of needed to, despite not being tired at all. I had to know my limits, so I drank some water. It was so fascinating that the rocks looked like they were pinned to the wall, and Jacob patted my shoulder to remind me about this particular thing.

Jacob Thomas: "This is perfect for what we'll start next week. That rock climbing place is perfect for our training in the next two weeks. Something not too high or low, but the perfect spot to do the training as if you're climbing a mountain, but that's for next week, and I know you'll likely be in a shitter mood for it."

Konrad Raab: "No doubt with road course racing making me look like a shit driver. I really want to get better at road courses, but the deal with Kaulig was they needed a short track driver to improve things on, and that's the main reason they hired me because I'm so damn good at them, along with preparing for the next year when I'll end up taking AJ's role. Don't tell anyone about that."

Jacob Thomas: "Wait, you'll be number one for Kaulig on the Xfinity side?"

I nodded, and it was the one thing I knew about one hundred per cent with the sponsorship deals they were getting for AJ to compete in the Cup Series full-time next year. Anyway, I kept moving as we needed to climb to the top of the mountain despite my negative about racing, but it was a nice change from wrestling and climbing mountains. I was immensely enjoying this climb as there was a lot to see. But as we went past the rock climbing area, I noticed something unique I'd never seen before.

Konrad Raab: "Woah."

Jacob turned around and saw what I was fascinated with once again, but it wasn't the rock climbing area. I spotted a train coming to a stop to pick up and drop passengers and approached it. It was a Snowdon Mountain Railway, and I was shocked because the last thing I would ever see was a train to get to the top.

Jacob Thomas: "I didn't even notice that before in my mountain climbing adventures."

Konrad Raab: "I thought going up the ski lift to the top was impressive, but seeing a train going up to the summit is even more impressive. I wonder how much the United Kingdom spent putting a train to get there?"

Jacob Thomas: "Must be a lot. That is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen, and that's saying a lot, considering I climbed and conquered K2 and Mount Everest. But we got to keep moving before it gets too dark out."

He had a good point, as we did keep moving. He saw how fast I was moving, and I had to think a lot about how much I was going to push myself to be competitive with the road course racers like AJ and Shane and with whoever the World Champion will be when I'm ready to strike. It's something I thought a lot about as I said this quietly as I could to myself.

Konrad Raab: "Patience and time are all I need to conquer my goal."

Jacob Thomas: "Are you thinking about what I'm thinking here?"

Ross said yes, as he also thought the same about professional wrestling, which left Jacob lost for words. Maybe being pissed and grumpy about being a dogshit road course racer helped things to twist my brain into something positive, along with enjoying the history of reading things on this mountain. To think the King of the United Kingdom considered this the highest slum in Wales was spot on.

I even saw lakes and rocks below the mountain. Amazingly, Jacob and Ross took me to this mountain. I enjoyed this mountain more than all the others, apart from Pikes Peek, which topped all I had. I felt it was really relaxing, and I showed my serious look, closing my eyes, imagining I attacked the World Champion, whoever it might be, and I looked at them in pain, feeling my wrath of facing them for the World Title at a major PPV event. That's my dream, and nobody will take it away from me.

Konrad Raab: "When the time is right, World Champ, I will aim to strike you where it hurts, but I'm going to be patient and do it when it is right."

Jacob Thomas: "Hm, where was this Konrad with the other mountains?"

Konrad Raab: "Distracting me from thinking about road course race."

I was really enjoying this climb, and I had a smile on my face, which makes me feel weird unless I hurt and burn my opponents, obviously. We continued walking for two hours until all of a sudden, we reached the top. I was certain these were volcanos, but it didn't seem like they had any fire around them, which I sighed, and Jacob said this.

Jacob Thomas: "I'm sure you'll be fine with the Circuit Of The America's track this weekend. Just keep working hard, and you'll eventually get that road course win."

Konrad Raab: "These are volcanos with no flames in them. Disappointed."

Jacob Thomas: "Hm, well, at least you discovered things you've never thought you'd see. Plant the flag down, and we will take a selfie to say you've conquered the mountain pretty easily as well. Well done, Konrad. I'm proud of you. Now you just kick ass out there on the track over the weekend and always feel you're going to win, and that's also within the World Title quest too."

Hearing everything Jacob said, I nodded and felt nothing but complete positivity about completing this mountain. I didn't have any complaints about doing this one. In fact, this is one of the ones I'd do again when I want to climb these mountains here in Wales, of all places; if it wasn't for that, the track in Pikes Peek was the one I enjoyed the most. We knew we had to get down as it was getting close to being dark soon, and I wasn't feeling exhausted whatsoever, but I was feeling hungry and not just food.

Ross over the radio: "We're really proud of you today, Konrad. This was your best climb ever. Take this all on board because you made pretty big steps today, not just by walking the mountain but also by your attitude. Get that flight to Texas and race your heart out."

I nodded as I got down and went to the hotel room to change from my climbing gear to my racing business gear, representing my racing team. I drove straight to Heathrow Airport and got on the private plane straight to Austin, Texas, where the race track was.

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Ridgeway, Virginia. Sunday 3rd November. (Offline)

For some reason, as I sat in my motorhome since I drove in the Xfinity Series last night and doing the Cup Series race today, Ross and SCW staff seem to think I have a rare condition since after I was treated for burns. Apart from climbing mountains, what Ross had me do was take me to a psychologist named Aaron Murphy to take a ton of online tests to see if I have this rare condition. I also discussed my past, my dad, and everything I had been through. They seem to think it all started after I was dumped out of The Jackals and had been built slowly.

I guess this was why I was forbidden to go to Under Attack PPV because they knew they wanted to piss me off more to give me results of the tests I've been doing for a few months now, and they've finally come through. Ross and Aaron rang the doorbell of my motorhome, and I allowed them in as I was beating the shit out of the kickboxing bag, even if the gloves were a struggle to take off. They sat down, and they were scared. I came to sit down with a glass of water, and Ross jumped right into it.

Ross Barnes: "We have got those results you've been doing since you were out of hospital."

Konrad Raab: "I still don't know why the fuck you made me do this."

Aaron Murphy: "After everything I've seen and heard from you and every SCW staff member we've spoken to personally told us to test you for this, all the tests say you have pyromania."

Ross Barnes: "It's true. Every question you answered came to that, and it explains why you used the methods you did and why you've used fire in the past as well. You're hazardous, man, and you do arsons as well as everything me, Aaron and SCW staff expected you had."

Konrad Raab: "Good. All I want to see is fire and everything surrounding me in flames. Flames is good."

Ever since Waylon hit me with a piledriver, which made me even more dangerous, all I thought about was striking Josh or Xander. Whoever the champion would be would suffer with the fire I aim to set on them because I enjoy people being burned after what I did to Kandis, and I even enjoyed being burned.

Ross Barnes: "Next time you see Ginny, you need to tell her this, and I will be there with you to tell her alone without your friends as well."

Konrad Raab: "Yeah, and that's why when I aim to come back on Breakdown, you, Aaron, SCW staff and Ginny aren't going to do shit what I'll do to their world champion when they are set alight."

Aaron Murphy: "Well, I'm done here. I will talk to you more often, Konrad, about this, and I don't think I won't."

I laughed hard. They gave me paperwork, and Ross had some as well in case I tore it up or threw it in the bin. Aaron and Ross left, and I shook my head at the bastards in SCW for making me do those tests. I sat to think about it before I got changed to race later today.