Finally, after climbing up the mountain for a full 1 and a half days. I am at the top of the mountain. When I was climbing, we had to stay in these cabins that sat on a ledge of the mountain. There were around 4 of them because there were more as you went up because if you climbed you wouldn’t get anywhere if you had to keep going back down to the cabin. They weren’t the warmest but it was nice. It was only me and two other people. We had to stay in these really comfy bunks with fluffy blankets and soft pillows. It was really nice especially after you’ve had long days of climbing. Then after a little nap, I would eat some food like a sandwich that I packed or some fruit and I would keep going. I wouldn’t say it was a bit chilly because it was extremely cold! But, I had this warm red jacket and long black track pants to keep me from freezing to death.
I nearly gave up a couple of times but then I kept thinking about the relief and how proud I would feel when I finally got to the top, knowing that I didn’t give up, so, I kept going. At first, my legs started to hurt a lot but then I just got used to it. Anyways, now I’m finally at the top. It felt amazing, the view was breath-takingly beautiful and so nice to look at. Since I was climbing for a while I decided to sit down, drink some fresh water and eat while looking at the view.
When I got up I realized that there was a small volcano right ahead of me! It gave me a fright but I calmed down when I realized it was slowing down a bit because of the cold snow and ice, cooling it down a bit. The lava was glowing a warm red and orange colour, I could feel the heat from here. It was a really cool thing to see! I quickly got out my camera and started taking pictures. I took some pictures of the view too and talked with the other people about how we felt when climbing up and when we actually got to the top. I’m so happy that I did. It was definitely worth it.
You have included some interesting descriptive language in this writing Brooke. It certainly would have been a cool sight but you wouldn't want to get too close, I imagine the heat would be intense.
ReplyDeleteA wee tip, make sure that you write in one tense all the way through, most of this is in the past tense but you switch to present when you wrote "and now I am finally at the top". Ka Pai.