Close your eyes and imagine. Imagine a small boy wearing a small blue winter coat, standing, at the top of a peak reaching 14,114 ft into the sky. Now imagine that small boy peer over the edge of a cliff who knows how high. Imagine this boy seeing this and being afraid, being afraid he’d fall. Imagine that this fear prompted that little kid to lay down and stare over the edge of that cliff until the fears overtook him too much and he ran away from the deadly edge. Fears can come from anywhere, fascination can come from anywhere, and for this little boy both came from the same place. Ever since this moment -- as far as I can remember -- I have been afraid of heights. You’re probably thinking, “Oh that not very inspiring, tons of people are
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So going outside for seven hours a day was not something I wanted to do. But lo and behold the third day of camp we went, rock climbing. I still hated heights at this time, and was not looking forward to a half mile hike up a mountain with 20-30 lb ropes on our bags. When we made it to the top of the hill and the 60 ft climb lay in front of us, blocking the sun -- up till then that was the only thing I was excited for about that day, the …show more content…
I found peace in a camp run by the Boy Scouts of America where, not only do I get to climb for a week in way more advanced areas, I get the climbing merit badge. I don’t remember where all we went climbing but every place had climbs in the 5;8-5;11 range, those are really hard climbs! (The Class 5 portion of the Class scale is primarily a rock climbing classification system, while the Classes 1-3 are used mainly in hiking and trail running. The second number is how hard the climb is so 5;3 is way easier than a 5;11) Everyday we would work on a bookwork part of the merit badge and then after that we would drive out to our climb and do some field
So going outside for seven hours a day was not something I wanted to do. But lo and behold the third day of camp we went, rock climbing. I still hated heights at this time, and was not looking forward to a half mile hike up a mountain with 20-30 lb ropes on our bags. When we made it to the top of the hill and the 60 ft climb lay in front of us, blocking the sun -- up till then that was the only thing I was excited for about that day, the …show more content…
I found peace in a camp run by the Boy Scouts of America where, not only do I get to climb for a week in way more advanced areas, I get the climbing merit badge. I don’t remember where all we went climbing but every place had climbs in the 5;8-5;11 range, those are really hard climbs! (The Class 5 portion of the Class scale is primarily a rock climbing classification system, while the Classes 1-3 are used mainly in hiking and trail running. The second number is how hard the climb is so 5;3 is way easier than a 5;11) Everyday we would work on a bookwork part of the merit badge and then after that we would drive out to our climb and do some field