Personal Narrative: The Zipline

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The Zipline Once I got up to that platform, I immediately regretted my decision. It was a bright, hot day at SpringHill summer camp in Evart, Michigan. My counselors Steven, Danny, and Conor were with my cabin mates Connor (my brother), Cesar, Brian, and I at the signature ride at SpringHill: the super tall zipline. This zipline was taller than the Seattle Space Needle. Knowing that I wasn’t fond of heights, and I have done barely anything that involves height like this, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to ride it. “I’m not sure if I want to do this,” I said to Connor as I heard the shrieks and cries of the people coming down the zipline. “Don’t be a chicken,” Connor replied as he walked around clucking like a chicken. I really didn’t want to do it, but I thought maybe it would be fun if I did do it. So, I got into line with the rest of my cabin. From where I was standing, the line looked a million miles long. …show more content…

To my surprise, it only took 15 minutes for us to get to the front of the line. “We’re finally at the front!” Jack yelled at the top of his lungs with excitement. Our cabin had to split up into groups of three or four. I went with Brian and Cesar and we were the last group in our cabin to go. As we saw our cabin mates go flying down the zipline, us three got our harness and helmet on. At this point, I knew I wasn’t dreaming. This is for real. Once we had our gear on, we were told that we could go to the zipline platform. We had to walk up a steep hill and stairs that looked 100 stories high. I thought that they would never end. “Come out to the platform!” an instructor enthusiastically shouted as we approached the top of the

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