Zipline Persuasive Speech

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“I don’t know,” my mom stated. “Mom you’ll be fine,” I replied. She said shaking, that she was scared of heights. Although, when we were in the air she was backing up on the platform so she could run to get more speed. One of the guys who worked there asked another guy who worked there. “Wasn’t she the lady who mentioned she was scared of heights?” Before I could go ziplining I had to do a couple of things, my hands were shaking I haven’t done anything like this before. First I had to learn the safety rules. Plus the vest we had to wear wasn’t comfortable. For example only one person could go on a zipline at a time, and you can only open one clip at a time. I also need to learn need to learn how to zipline. They told me to unhook a clip and

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