It all started when a few days before summer break began last year when I overheard my step-dad and uncle talking about a hiking trip in Colorado that we were going to take sometime in the month of early July. So I just let it be and was going to see and find out if I was going to go along with them. long story short, I got a really, really early Christmas present from my mom and step-dad. A hiking trip to the Rocky Mountains!…
The book starts when Krakauer reaches the summit of Everest. Krakauer is at the top of the world, but very exhausted from the journey. He noticed the typical clouds that were there but once he got to the top he noticed it was a storm. He didn't fear much of the storm, but that his oxygen was depleting. So he raced down as fast as he could down the dangerous Hillary step. As he reaches the bottom, he notices the storm became worst.…
was the avalanche. My back cracked the teeth of the crevasse and I continued to fall. The neverending…
Although pain is frightening, it makes us stronger in the end. For example, when Jonas has his first memory with pain, ““It was a sunburn”, the old man told him “it hurt alot, “ Jonas said””(86). That memory changed Jonas forever,…
My feet ached as I passed through the automatic screen door to the snow filled Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport parking lot. The cool, crisp air stung my face, but my smile remained. Seven slow years have passed since I visited Crested Butte, Colorado, and I have been craving to return the moment I left. The towering mountains, blissful blue sky, and blinding white snow from the piercing sun makes Colorado a place like no other. I stood waiting on the icy concrete for my dad to pull around Baby Blue, a 1996 Chevrolet Astro van my family had nicknamed. My family visited Colorado in 2010, because my mom’s boss owns a timeshare condo, which included Baby Blue. He offered us a vacation to Crested Butte where we could have a free place to…
Last summer my family and I saw niagara falls, we put on yellow raincoats and rode on a tour boat, maid of the mist , up the river below the falls. As the water thundered around them, the guide told them that Anna Taylor a daring schoolteacher was the first person to ever ride over Niagara Falls in a barrel. My stomach turned upside down as I imagined her plummeting over the edge. Then I thought of our own teacher going over the falls in a barrel, I laughed out…
I was in the car with my grandparents and my two cousins, Saige and TJ, talking about what our schedule was for the day. We were all so excited, especially my cousin TJ. We all had different thoughts on what we were expecting to see. I was expecting to see a huge waterfall and a big pool of water, just a larger version of pouring a glass of water.…
I was getting ready for my trip at blue john canyon I was getting all my stuff packed. My water, ropes, carabineers and my knife every thing that I needed for my trip, I went out got in my truck and left It was going to be a decently long trip but I was ready. It took I few hours but I finally made it to blue john, it was late so I went to sleep. Saturday morning I went for my long bike ride to make it to the big drop where I wanted to go. It was a seventeen mile bike ride that’s pretty far and it was tough with the cross wind plus carrying fifteen pounds of supplies. When I arrived i started hiking and admiring the beautiful sites. Then I heard two voices which was a surprise because not many people come here. There were two women…
I hear her piercing voice echoes the halls with my name. It's Burgundy, sqawking about my name not being on the list for Lightening Bolts. " Brick, why are you not on the list," she screeches. I turn towards her annoyed by the abrupt screeches from her persence. When I look at her she has her school spirit bubbly personality just waiting for a response. " The teams needs you if they want to beat the High Flyers at state," she continues "Your record is amazing!" Last year I lead the team to state at the Yellow Stone mountain race. When would've beat high fylers but because the course has no supervisors along the track, I got injured. No one knows the real story except Hawk, my arch enemy, from High Flyers. The course starts out simple, you follow…
When I was 14 my stake High Adventure group went on a 50 mile hike on the Appalachian Trail which was one of the most physically and emotionally challenging experiences I have ever had. For six days, I had to carry my pack containing about 40 pounds in supplies. It rained all six days of the trip.…
I conquered Mount Le Conte at the age of nine, the 3rd highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains. It intersects with North America’s longest hiking trail - The Appalachian Trail - with over 2,200 miles of mountains, rivers, and pure wilderness. Ever since learning about the Appalachian Trail, I have wanted to hike it. So that’s what I did.…
It was an extremely cool day in the Poconos Mountains, and we had made a reservation to go white water rafting. The next morning we had to wake up extra early to eat breakfast so we weren’t late for our trip. When my parents said, “were going white water rafting” I thought we were going straight down to the river , but of course it wasn’t.…
When I was riding near the beach I saw Ferraris Lamborghinis and Bentleys. I was amazed. When I was on the beach, I also saw people surfing and doing cool tricks I also saw a guy wearing a shirt that said, “I am jaws.” I thought this was so funny! I got to see all of this because of biking.…
Climbing the Peak: Agony and Ecstasy of 200 Code Writers Beget Windows NT, Badgered by a Driven Guru, They Fight Fatigue, Fear to Build Grand Synthesis, Dread of an Unfixable Bug…
This picture of 8-year-old me clutching the hands of my dad, walking barefoot on the rocks atop this river was taken on our family’s trip to the Grand Canyon. We were balancing on goo-covered pebbles above the waters of the roaring waters and towering, majestic canyon- the highest in the universe. Actually, believe it or not, this particular body of water wasn’t even the real canyon. It actually was a pretty insignificant stream trickling through the Sedona Desert. You see, my mom decided our family should go on a trip to the Grand Canyon, and since she’s the boss around here, we obviously went.…
