When he reaches 1, I spring into the air, and as expected Ella chickens out. I fall and fall and...
I glance up and see a smile on Ella’s laughing face She was just as surprised as I was that I actually jumped. As I was bouncing up and down, I realized that it was astounding how much pleasure I got from doing it . Sitting in the tight, purple harness, I tried my hardest to convince Ella to leap off. When I made the suggestion she stopped laughing and hollered down,
“Emily, as long as I live I will never leap off of a 50 foot bridge! Especially above a river moving incredibly fast, that if I go under I’ll be gone, in a second!”
“Ella, I promise you will not go under the water! At most you will feel the water on your toes and by the time you feel it, you will be going back up!” …show more content…
She closed her eyes, and hollered, “I’m trusting you!” Ella hurdled off of the platform. Someone from 100 miles would have been able to see her smile. When her bungee slowed and she was hanging, we were both ecstatic.
It was already four o’clock and it was going to become dark soon and neither of us wanted to drive for an hour when there was no light. Ella and I were enjoying the bungee so much that after plunging three more times, we thanked the man for helping us, and hopped in the car.
We chatted up a storm the entire way home. Neither of us had the slightest idea how enjoyable bungee jumping was. Even though both of us were terrified, we had the time of our lives. That day was the day I realized I love being adventurous , and this won’t be the last time. I wonder what the next daring thing Ella will drag me
I glance up and see a smile on Ella’s laughing face She was just as surprised as I was that I actually jumped. As I was bouncing up and down, I realized that it was astounding how much pleasure I got from doing it . Sitting in the tight, purple harness, I tried my hardest to convince Ella to leap off. When I made the suggestion she stopped laughing and hollered down,
“Emily, as long as I live I will never leap off of a 50 foot bridge! Especially above a river moving incredibly fast, that if I go under I’ll be gone, in a second!”
“Ella, I promise you will not go under the water! At most you will feel the water on your toes and by the time you feel it, you will be going back up!” …show more content…
She closed her eyes, and hollered, “I’m trusting you!” Ella hurdled off of the platform. Someone from 100 miles would have been able to see her smile. When her bungee slowed and she was hanging, we were both ecstatic.
It was already four o’clock and it was going to become dark soon and neither of us wanted to drive for an hour when there was no light. Ella and I were enjoying the bungee so much that after plunging three more times, we thanked the man for helping us, and hopped in the car.
We chatted up a storm the entire way home. Neither of us had the slightest idea how enjoyable bungee jumping was. Even though both of us were terrified, we had the time of our lives. That day was the day I realized I love being adventurous , and this won’t be the last time. I wonder what the next daring thing Ella will drag me