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Essay About Living In The Desert

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Living in the desert can limit you to a certain amount of activities because of its harsh summers. But here in the United Arab Emirates there are spots for various winter sports. Two of my favourite activities to beat the heat are skiing and ice-skating. With temperature potentially reaching around 50 degrees Celsius, it can be a pain to be exposed to the sun for more than a minute. People here often have no other choice then to resort to indoor activities. After being born and raised in Canada for first half of my life moving to the UAE was quite difficult mostly because of the weather. I had to learn to adjust to this new lifestyle. One thing that helped me adjust was when I would ski in Ski Dubai, which was in Mall of the Emirates. It felt …show more content…

We decided to head out to Ski Dubai over the weekend when we planned to visit my uncle. After visiting my uncle the entire family headed over to Mall of the Emirates for an outing. But only my cousin and I decided to go skiing since no one else was up to it. Whenever I skied without my instructor I would go half way up the hill not all the way to the top. The only time I had ever been all the way up was on my final lesson and I never really felt the need to go all the way up. The only difference between the top and the middle was that the top was a bit steeper and had some jumps for more experienced skiers and snowboarders. My cousin was far more experience than I was and I felt it would be fine to go up to the top since he was there with me and I wasn’t really alone. After reaching the top we both headed over to the slope and I was a bit nervous so I told him to go first. When he was about a couple of feet in front of me I decided to go down. The slope was a lot steeper than I remembered and I started to pick up speed. I felt as though I was going so fast I couldn’t stop I started to panic and turned for a quick stop. I didn’t turn my skis sharp enough and ended up turning and slamming into the wall. My skis went flying off and my head hurt even though I was wearing a helmet. This experience was terrifying because if it had been on an actually ski slope I would’ve gone of course and seriously injured myself, or

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