First Black Diamond Research Paper

“First black diamond of the trip,” I thought. I was in Utah on a mountain for a skiing trip. The sun shined down on the snowy mountain, the air was thin and cold. I could hear the raspy sound of skis against snow in the distance. The smell french fries from the restaurant next to me overwhelmed my nose the salty smell beckoning me to walk in. The restaurant looked alien in the surrounding snow. I decided that I was going to ski a black diamond, which is the hardest run in skiing. They usually are the steepest and they also usually have the most obstacles. I looked at the run I was about to ski, it was steep, snowy, and dark, the trees surrounding it like a pack of wolves surrounding their prey. I looked down the large hill of death. Just looking …show more content…
I was wrong. I was skiing well for about 30 seconds, when my ski got stuck in the snow. I rolled down the black diamond, I could just imagine my body picking up snow and turning into a giant snowball like in cartoons. All I could see was snow, and I could feel it creeping into my clothes.”Got to stop rolling!” I thought, kicking my feet into the snow attempting to slow myself down. I kept rolling and eventually, the run flattened out and I came to a stop. My boots had already popped out of my skis. “This run is cursed,” I thought.
I walked up the black diamond, my muscles aching from the fall. My heart was racing. I could feel the snow melting in my clothes. I got my skis and put them on. “You can do this Adam,” I said under my breath dusting the snow off of my jacket, ”no matter how cursed this run is.” After all I had fallen many times before when I was skiing in Colorado. I looked around, and the run still had an ominous look to it. I kept skiing, occasionally looking over my shoulder to see if anyone was following me. “I’m not taking anymore chances,” I thought. I skied until I got to my dad, who had saw me fall, and was waiting for me.
“Are you okay, Adam?” My Dad asked