When I think of the word “help” my mind always goes to the dreadful day that I could have lost my life making a foolish and non-nonsensical decision in the summer of 2015. This story reminds me of the helplessness I felt after I made that decision. It was a sunny day, here in Burlington, WA, I could hear the birds chirping,and I could feel the cool breeze outside coming into my room from the open window. Today was the day that me and my whole family, including my cousins, were going to go to Deception Pass State Park. Deception Pass was about 25 miles from our house, so we had to leave a bit early to get there at 12:00 pm. So I got up and hurriedly changed my clothes, so that I would be ready for the trip. At 11:30 our family set off in
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I had climbed the cliff numerous times before, but my dad went over this speech everytime we went there, to insure that the concept was engraved in our brains. The cliff was about 30 ft. high, so it was pretty easy to climb. Since I had done this before, I reached the top in about 2 minutes. When I reached the top for the fourth time, my cousin and I were right next to each other, when we saw another cliff, which was about the same height, but it was on the other side of the cliff that we initially climbed. We thought that it was a pretty easy climb, and it would be a new experience, so we went down to the bottom of that …show more content…
I did not think much of this, but later it would almost cost me my life. I started to climb the cliff, and it seemed very similar to the other cliff that we climbed numerous times before. When I reached the halfway point, I got stuck at this spot where I could only go up, because coming down is a really hard process compared to going up. Where I was stationed, upon closer inspection of the mysterious green substance, I could see that it was moss, that was full of moisture. Moisture is the greatest enemy of climbers, because it is hard to keep hold of the rocks, when there is water on top of them. I started to climb a bit higher, because I could not go down. It is at this time, that my hand slipped off of the moss, and I started to tumble down from about 17 ft. high. The feeling of falling down is a feeling that no one can imagine unless you were in that situation, the feeling of helplessness and weakness like never before. My whole life flashed by, in 5 seconds. THUMP! My body slammed into the rocky surface
I had climbed the cliff numerous times before, but my dad went over this speech everytime we went there, to insure that the concept was engraved in our brains. The cliff was about 30 ft. high, so it was pretty easy to climb. Since I had done this before, I reached the top in about 2 minutes. When I reached the top for the fourth time, my cousin and I were right next to each other, when we saw another cliff, which was about the same height, but it was on the other side of the cliff that we initially climbed. We thought that it was a pretty easy climb, and it would be a new experience, so we went down to the bottom of that …show more content…
I did not think much of this, but later it would almost cost me my life. I started to climb the cliff, and it seemed very similar to the other cliff that we climbed numerous times before. When I reached the halfway point, I got stuck at this spot where I could only go up, because coming down is a really hard process compared to going up. Where I was stationed, upon closer inspection of the mysterious green substance, I could see that it was moss, that was full of moisture. Moisture is the greatest enemy of climbers, because it is hard to keep hold of the rocks, when there is water on top of them. I started to climb a bit higher, because I could not go down. It is at this time, that my hand slipped off of the moss, and I started to tumble down from about 17 ft. high. The feeling of falling down is a feeling that no one can imagine unless you were in that situation, the feeling of helplessness and weakness like never before. My whole life flashed by, in 5 seconds. THUMP! My body slammed into the rocky surface