Creative Writing On Volcanoes

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Option 1: Tell us about one of your proudest achievements and why it is important to you. Looking up at the sky I knew I would never be able to make it back down. Accomplishing this feat had been the hardest challenge. My backpack's strings dug into my shoulders and burned my skin with every proceeding step. The two water bottles that once seemed to be light now seemed to be boulders. In front of me was the steep narrow road to the crater. My legs were starting to collapse after going through trials of climbing steep hills, and our seventh hour on this volcano had still not brought us to the top. The guide told us that this volcano, Concepcion, was still active which even brought more fear. My palms were bruised with stains of crusted mud as the …show more content…

At this point, I was determined to go back down, this had been the worst moment in my life. Somehow, all my friends had persuaded me to pursue and continued to go ahead of me. Once I had finally reached the top, the crater ,which I had thought to be beautiful, struck to be inundated land with tall grass. Disappointed and finding no point of this trip, I headed back down. The steep hills before me caused me to fall numerous times, and eventually a trip on a rock caused me to twist my ankle. I was in excruciating pain and was desperate to go home. However, home was far away. The volcano was on an island, and this island's only means of transportation was by boat. Steadily coming down the steep volcano, darkness started to come upon me. Looking in front of me, there were still two more hours to go. The only accompany I had were the sounds of insects, birds and my friends and guide that were barely able to be seen. Darkness filled my eyes with tears desperate for home. Finally reaching the base camp, I collapsed. My shoes were ready to be thrown into the garbage. Filled with mud and rips, it was impossible to wear again. Finally

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