Personal Narrative-It's Almost To The Mountain

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It was early morning, on the island of Kajikawa and Rick was almost to the Mountain. “I WILL climb the mountain, I WILL climb the mountain.” Rick repeats over and over in his head. Rick was a thrill seeker, and he loved the rush of adrenaline. What he wanted to do his whole life, was to climb to the top of the tallest mountain on Kajikawa Island. This was not Rick’s first climb up a mountain. He has conquered many mountains, but this mountain. No, it was different, it was taller and wider than any mountain Rick has ever climbed before. The biggest problem Rick was going to deal with, was the snow. He was not going to let the snow stop him from the highest climb of his life.
Rick was alone and that's how it's been all of his life.

Rick
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I’ve lived here my whole life by myself basically. My parents died when I was young, and ever since then I’ve just been climbing different mountains except this one.” “How do you survive without food?” wondered Jack.
“There’s plenty of animals here to eat.” answered Rick.
“Apart from the loneliness, this island is the best place to live.” Rick stated.

The men climbed the mountain for long days. The snow massively slowed the process by a two days. Jack checked his calculations, and according to him they were only 1 day away.

There it was, they could see the top of the mountain. They couldn't stop, the top was so close. They hurried as fast as they could and…

They made it! To the top of the mountain. The men admired the beautiful green grass beyond the mountain.
“We did it!” the men shouted. “We did it!”
Rick was full of joy. He was amazed, and he was never happier. He looked at the view below him and started to cry. The two men were Sky High. The tears were tears of joy. After a while, the men headed back down the mountain.
When they got to the bottom, Jack and Rick started fires to signal the helicopters. As soon as they saw the signal smoke the helicopter dropped down, picked Jack and Rick up and took them to Washington in the

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