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Thursday, Sept 20th at midnight.
1229 "R" Street 435-6850
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Conii&aed Cron Psta 13
We hiked about half a mile on a
flat road to a short path. There
we encountered our first climb. It
was about 12 feet high, but it
didn't worry me because there
was a tree half.vay up to grab
hold of. After my assent I felt tri
umphant. I smiled and looked at
my comrades, but they weren't
smiling. I walked toward them
and found that we seemed to
have come to a drop-off of some
sort. I looked down, grabbed my
breakfast and tried to act as
macho as possible without cry
ing. I volunteered to go last.
It seemed to me that before
you go down a 60-foot drop-off,
you should climb it. But climbing
it looked out of the question too. I
guess our guides figured that if
you couldn't go down, you
shouldn't be going up.
I was-informed that to repel
(descend) a cliffis perfectly safe.
You tie some knots, put the rope
between your legs, lean back
wards perpendicular to and over
the cliff, and go do wn.
The rope seemed strong and
the person holding on to the rope
(the belayer) seemed confident
that all was safe, yet I envisioned,
falling 60 feet to my death.
Being the last to go down was
comforting. Mostly I was inspired
by Bobbie Wisniesky. She went
right before me without even
breaking into a sweat. Then she
had the nerve to wave at me
while she was repelling.
My first step off the cliff wa3
straight down. I fell about COO
feet to a small ledge four feet
below the edge of the cliff. I was
terrified.
Then from somewhere I pic
tured myself going down. It was
like watching a movie. The per
son in the movie seemed to be
experienced, and just as he
stepped on solid ground, I real
ized it was me. I can't explain the
rush. I had at that moment. I
know that if I could bottle it, the
substance would be illegal The
next thing I knew, I was climbing
riht back up the cliff for a second
run. I was addicted.
The rest of the first day b hard
to remember. I was like a child
with a new toy. Our guide, "Doc
Van Heuvien, was all smiles. Van
Heuvlen gave up his job as a dent
ist to become a skiing and rock
climbing instructor. He is a cour
ageous, dedicated, loving man.
He knew all our first names, and
we were all attracted to him. His
65-year old eyes reflected his love
for nature. I envied him greatly.
Doc led us to the cliff and said,
"descend." Without much hesita
tion we followed he had a way
of making the hardest climbs seem
attractive. Once, I fell from a
hard climb, but a simple smile
from Doc told me that I would do
it again and again.
Before long we had packed the
van and were back on the prairie.
I knew that my fear of heights
bad transformed into great re
spect and that I would be in the
van again, soon, looking forward
to my next tiip to'The WalL"
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