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!!.”