Fall Break In High School
Throughout my ten years of school, I have completed countless vocabulary tests and math questions. My whole life, school has always started at about 8:00 am and it always has the same pattern. Attend class to learn from the teacher, do homework, turn the homework in, repeat. All of these activities use the brain, so they should all be logged in my memory— but they’re not. However, I do remember a trip that my dad took me on to southern Utah. On the Friday that kick-starts the fall break of my 8th-grade year, we drove 4 hours into the famous red rock deserts near Moab. My dad’s local climbing club plans these excursion on a monthly basis. I had never gone on one before, but I was invited this time as a birthday present— delivered a month
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The ascension up the butte is the goal of the expedition. It would be completed in four stages: rock climb the first 150 vertical feet, and then climb 120 feet more. Special climbing ladders would assist us the next 200 feet. The final 130 feet could only be achieved after climbing more and scaling a difficult ledge. Each of the stages ended with a small area where the climber could stop and either let the rest of the group catch up if you’re in front or clear out if you’re in the back. These breakpoints are ideal for snacking on some well-smoked beef jerky or some chocolate chip granola …show more content…
I loved the first leg beyond my current vocabulary, the dangling rope represents 500 ft of consecutive plummeting. The feeling rewarded to the adventurer when staring straight down at the ground, which is 600 ft away, while hanging on a single rope is exhilarating! I have to admit that at the time, I felt a little timid and took my time, but if I could do it again I would plunge at least twice as fast. The whole group reached the bottom again by 7 pm. Exhaustion overcame me, and as soon as we got back to camp, I crashed on the back bench again and continued to sleep the whole way home.
That Saturday was one of the most memorable Saturdays I’ve ever lived and is a stark contrast to the rest of my elementary weekdays where my life was being lived, but my life was not being recorded. A man (and a woman) is defined by their experiences— make sure to enjoy the most of life that you can while you have
The ascension up the butte is the goal of the expedition. It would be completed in four stages: rock climb the first 150 vertical feet, and then climb 120 feet more. Special climbing ladders would assist us the next 200 feet. The final 130 feet could only be achieved after climbing more and scaling a difficult ledge. Each of the stages ended with a small area where the climber could stop and either let the rest of the group catch up if you’re in front or clear out if you’re in the back. These breakpoints are ideal for snacking on some well-smoked beef jerky or some chocolate chip granola …show more content…
I loved the first leg beyond my current vocabulary, the dangling rope represents 500 ft of consecutive plummeting. The feeling rewarded to the adventurer when staring straight down at the ground, which is 600 ft away, while hanging on a single rope is exhilarating! I have to admit that at the time, I felt a little timid and took my time, but if I could do it again I would plunge at least twice as fast. The whole group reached the bottom again by 7 pm. Exhaustion overcame me, and as soon as we got back to camp, I crashed on the back bench again and continued to sleep the whole way home.
That Saturday was one of the most memorable Saturdays I’ve ever lived and is a stark contrast to the rest of my elementary weekdays where my life was being lived, but my life was not being recorded. A man (and a woman) is defined by their experiences— make sure to enjoy the most of life that you can while you have