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My activity group was headed to the climbing wall at Camp Colman. As I walked, I thought how would it feel like to get to the top of the climbing tower? The walk now felt like it would take a millennia. Wait. I could hear voices in the distance and something was unusually poking out of the ground. It was the climbing wall standing out in the sunlight. It appeared like its limbs stretched up to the skies. I questioned Jyac, “Have you ever been on a climbing wall like the one that’s sitting in front of us?” He replied, “Yep, it’s really thrilling, like fun and scary.” I answered, “I hope it’ll be fun, this is my first time in about five years. I barely even recall the experience. Now we waited until the camp counselors completed the instructions. It was a massive lecture. Now we were ready to clamber up the climbing wall. I joined one of the baley teams. We had to make sure that if the climber slipped we would not let the climber fall by holding the climber up with a rope. I was the first person on the It wasn’t much work. I think most of …show more content…
I hastily put on the gear for protection. I got hitched in to the metal connector on a rope that the belay team would hold. I decided to climb the third rope. It would be a strenuous climb. I started the climb.
As I ascended, the route got tougher. There was even a little slope block. It seemed like it would make it more strenuous; I skipped it and kept surging up the

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