Confidence Obstacles-Personal Narrative Analysis

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During CCBT, I had to overcome a physical and mental obstacle. While at the Confidence Obstacle Course, I had to overcome fears I did not know I had; earlier in the day, I climbed a thirty foot obstacle and wasn’t scared but the Tarzan was different. The obstacle had three tiers of logs which stood at varying height five, ten, and fifteen feet above the ground in ascending order that lead to a twenty foot tall monkey bar set; It sounds easy right? At least that was what I thought. At first I was confident in my abilities and mindset that I could easily finish the Tarzan, but shortly after starting fear tried to get the best of me. I remember looking between the next stage of the obstacle and the ground thinking I’m going to fall or I can’t

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