5 Mintues Of Camp

LI: To recount a 5 minute snapshot of one experience you had at camp

It's A Miracle

 “You can start climbing”.Getting the signal made my head go crazy with thoughts of myself being meters off the ground while only three people were there to support me, was I going to put my trust and faith in them hoping they’re ready to keep me safe and secure. I made my way up one of the metal rungs of the ladder. I could feel my palms getting sweatier as one foot moved up onto the metal staples. Others before reached the top and achieved their goals and that motivated me that one by one I made it to the part where I was going to walk across the beam with only the rope there to hold me in place.

I went pale as I was hugging the pole that I just climbed up. I could feel the wind strongly pushing myself towards the end of the beam. I started walking  with only the rope to hold onto. I felt my soul leaving my body as I walked across the beam.  I didn’t look down because I knew I would freeze in fear. Almost reaching the next pole made me want to run but the mud made my job walking across the beam a whole lot harder. I stretched my arm so I could reach the pole at the other end. I sighed a big relief when I had something else to hold onto instead of the rope.

I turned around getting ready to walk half way on the beam so they could lower me down. My fear came back making me unsure of me coming down with only three people holding the rope. I had no choice but to walk half way and come down, so each step going to halfway was scarier than the one before that but I made it. It was time to come down but I looked down from my position and I froze in fear. I could hear a little voice coming from below saying “sit on the beam with your leg facing the trees and your back facing the cabins. I have never felt more safe in a harness. I sat down and faced my feet to the trees. They started bringing me down, and I could feel myself being lowered by the people below me.Being lowed made me feel so safe like I was napping on a bunch of marshmallows.


I reached the ground and I sighed as I felt the comfort of the ground beneath my feet. I felt so proud of myself. It was an experience that I will never forget.

Last week we went to camp at Kokako Lodge. My 5 minute snapshot shows my personal voice and I have tried hard to paint a picture with my words to describe what I was doing and how I felt.

I found this activity fun because I got to express my emotions about what I did and what I acomplished at the duration at camp.