Long jump

“Are you alright, Aarushi?” My mom questioned, she was mortified when she saw me limping across the pale floor, crying to get to her. She briskly ran towards me, along with my dad trying to help me get to the nearest bench. I was crying, my right foot felt like hot, gushing lava, burning from the inside out, constructing everything to feel like a third degree burn. Suddenly, everything in the world turned black. It was five fifty in the evening, cautiously waiting for it to turn six, afterwards…

Birthdays are always special. Whether celebrated or not, one’s birthday will forever be a reminder of life and growth. I always like to celebrate my special day with friends and family. Cliché, I know. Which is why for my 18th birthday I decided to get risky. Thrill rides and adventures have always fed my soul, but going to an amusement park seemed overplayed. I wanted to do something new and exciting. Skydiving seemed like the perfect avenue for what my inner thrill-junkie craved. It was…

floated up above a cluster of pines. “Come on, then. Down we plunge,” said Finn. “You don’t mean jump…Do you?” Grace stared back with alarm. “I can’t!” Finn hooted with laughter. “Of course not! We’ll use the stairs,” prancing through a patch of wildflowers, Finn revealed a spiraling set of stairs cut into the side of the cliff, just to the left of them. “And you thought we were going to jump,” he cackled once more. “Hurry up now, it’s almost dark, and I’m starving!” Shooing them ahead,…

Or you don’t even have to jump at all, it’s up to you.” I had to think for a little bit about this. The history here is a little bit deeper than I would like to admit. I had only started hanging out with Mikayla’s friends since the beginning of the summer. Zach was definitely a…

foursto keep from falling off the side. I leaned over the edge again to get a look at the surrounding area, and I saw some smaller boulders towards the base of the cliff. As if I was not already terrified, seeing these rocks made me fear that I would not jump far enough and go crashing into the rocks. My family, getting sick of the fact that I still had not jumped,…

plenty of debate about whether or not he survived the jump that enabled him to get away on that night. This debate stems from the plethora of facts that can back up either side of the story. Who knows how it has been over forty years with the case still open and still unsolved. Although it may never be proven whether D.B. Cooper lived or died after his attempted hijacking, there is definitely reason to believe that he could have survived the jump. It all started on the day the before…

We all were pretty surprised and so he explained with “Hell with it i’m getting old”.So we all went up and crossed the river; even the old guy without falling. My family all jumped and we all waited for the old man to jump. At one he jumped and we all saw what was wrong. The old guy instead of crossing his feet and arms was horizontal about to belly flop from 55 feet. He hit the water and we all heard a huge smack. My dad and our guide rushed in and helped him out of…

to get a drink. I went back outside and talk to my friends then we to the shop they had. Page 2 I tried starting the four wheeler after fixing it. We had to check the gas. We had to check the oil and we were off. Page 3 I was making small jumps and I love to do it.It was fun and you get wind in your face. I had so much fun and I had people to hang out with.we sit in the shade or swim because it was hot. Page 4 I was just getting out of the pool and I dried off and I got on the four…

the water’s edge my brother John and I were so excited, we basically leapt out of the car before it came to a complete stop. Larry and my uncles unloaded the cars, while my Aunt Janet and Sister Lorena went to pick up the tubes. John and I decided to jump in the water to cool off while everybody else got everything ready for the trip down the river. We were all laughing and smiling all the while oblivious to the impending tragedy that lies ahead. The moment I jumped into that water, it brought…

where I need to relax, as I get ready I can hear the loud splash that the swimmers are making as they jump into the water with all their might, and the loud cheering from the stadium. And also the loud thundering noise of coaches and team members screaming go faster. As make way to my coach a tall, strong, and ex-Olympian swimmer for a final piece of advice. The only thing my coach told me was to “Jump in and swim as if it was the Olympics”. As I began the 10 foot walk to my lane which felt…