Aurora Magazine 2011

Climbing High Courtney New, Campus 2014 Foot on the rock, harness around me, my panic sets in when my hands start to slip. I’ve lost my mind! Fear runs through me.

People below me shout “You’ve got this!” “You can do it!” “Keep going!” I climb higher past the halfway point.

I’m almost there, just five feet left. I lift my leg high, positioning it on the next rock and push my body up. I’m at the top, smiling faces below me. Lean back. Feet bouncing against the wall. Slowly lowering down. I smile with relief when my feet hit the ground. I had made it to the top, and that climb won’t be my last.

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