Ziplining for the first time
The last couple of days for summer, I went to a labor day retreat with the youth group at my
church. We left Friday and got their by 10:45 at night. It was the 3rd day we were there and we
had gotten split up into groups. My group was with my friend named Laura and Nicole, the rest
were boys. Our first station was the big swing. It was, where you get strapped up and the group
pulls a rope and you go up. Then you let go and you drop. I was scared, since I didn’t like
heights. After we did that, everyone had got unstrapped and a guy from the zipline came over to
our group and introduced himself, he told us where we were going and how we were gonna do
it. I never did ziplining so I didn’t know what is was gonna be like so I got really nervous!
We followed him up a hill and once we got to the top there were 2 other guys and 1 lady. The
guy asked “Can everyone get in a line?” [Change this to dialogue] Everyone got in a line, and
they grabbed equipments, then the people who worked their put it on everyone. The lady asked
for someone to volunteer to go first, she picked a girl named Kylie. Kylie refused so she picked
Rebecca. Rebecca went up and said to us “Wish me good luck!” I gave her a slight smile and
said “You too.” When Rebecca stepped up the lady had tightened her gear. The she told us what
to hold and what not to hold, and what would happen if we held on to it. Once she finished
strapping Rebecca in, she pushed her down the line
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Next, it was my turn. My stomach was starting to feel bad. The lady asked “Are you feeling
ok?”. I said “Yeah, Im fine!”, after that she told me if i wanted to hold on to anything. Then she
said “You ready!” She pushed me, and I rode all the way to the end of the line, there was a guy
who had stopped me and asked me “Which obstacle did I want to take?” There was a easy and a
hard one. My mind wasn’t thinking properly so I said “The hard one!!” He strapped me tighter
and he led me to the harder ine.. I looked and thought to myself. “Oh gosh! Can I really do
this?” So I started walking real slow. I looked at the obstacle and looked down.
My body was shaking and couldn’t stop. I kept going because I didn’t think I could do it. So I
started again and once I got to the middle I paused and tried to tell myself not to look down, but
keep in mind that I was still shaking. I couldn’t help but look down! I closed my eyes and tried
to think of good things. Then Finally, after taking forever on that course I finally finished the
first one.
After doing the first one I got tired. At the same time I felt accomplished. Then there was
another one after that one. It was like a climbing wall in the air. My face stood there looking
simple. I told myself “Tiana its alright! you’re not gonna die.” So I kept myself together and
started doing the obstacle, step by step, minute by minute.
At last, I had finished the course. My heart was pounding fast. I could hardly breathe. There was
a guy at the end who was going to unstrap you and add you to the wire that led you to the end.
The guy led me to take the bridge to the other side. He asked “Did you have fun for your first
time in the air?” I said gassed out “Yeah, It was fun!” Then let me walk across the bridge. Then
he attached me to the other wire that we send me back down the hill. Finally, he said “You
ready?” I was with a nervous voice, “Yeah I guess!” Then he pushed me down the hill. When I
got to the bottom the guy said “Pick your feet up!!” I tried. The guy helped me take my
equipment off waited for the rest of my group to get back. It took like 5 minutes until people
started coming down, we all gave each other highfives, and my group knew I didn’t like heights
so they asked me “How I felt and if it was fun?.” I said happy, “Yeah! It was fun, I got over my
fear!!.”