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Personal Narrative- Mountain Hike


In hiking, as in life, there are choices between success and pain, pride and safety; this is the story of one such choice. Last summer I participated in the Rayado program at Philmont Scout Ranch. The eighth day of the trek was my crew?s greatest challenge: Super Black Death, a hike of seven peaks in one day.

By 4 PM we had conquered most of the peaks. As we were climbing what we thought was our sixth peak, Big Red, a storm struck. It was a cold driving rain that froze us as we struggled up the mountain. We reached the top jubilant, but exhausted. As the crew tried to get a bearing I came to the slow realization that we were not on Big Red, but another peak. We had two peaks to climb, and in freezing rain! With no options, we hiked on.

As we plodded up the trail to the actual Big Red I started to feel progressively worse. I was losing flexibility and feeling in my toes. At the peak, our guides gave our weary group two choices: head downhill and camp, or press on and finish Super Black in one day. It was a choice between safety and... [to view the full essay now, purchase below]

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