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Personal Narrative: Chair Shift

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Thinking my eyes had literally deceived me, I contemplated what would occur next. Suddenly trembling with fear, my only recollection was the period of time before getting on the chair lift. Upon making my way to what I thought was a slightly more advanced ski chair lift I soon realized that it had been a grave mistake when I reached the top. At that point, I had only two choices: to try my luck and hopefully make it down the mountain alive, or to wait to board a returning chairlift to the bottom. In the heat of the moment I decided to go for it, not knowing if I would make it down safely. Ultimately the crossroad decision to test myself and ski down the advanced slope made me realize that obstacles, no matter how menacing they seem to be, can be overcome. In the aftermath of the …show more content…

Assuming that the closest lift would not take me to the hardest run on the mountain, I boarded the chair. As the chair swept me off my skiis and climbed towards the upper parts of the mountain, I began to feel a bit uneasy and worried that I possibly made a mistake by attempting a more advanced run. Within a short time the adjacent chair ended halfway up the mountain, while mine continued to go higher and higher. At that point, I realized I definitely had made a mistake as to which chair I should have taken, as my anxiety became more intense. Subsequently, my whole body tightened while looking down at the people descending the mountain. They appeared to be ants running away from a magnifying glass, and I observed that they seemed to be much better skiers than myself. There was no doubt in my mind that I had made a colossal mistake when the chair deposited me at the very top of the steep mountain. Before long, I could barely move, my legs felt like boulders attached to the earth, and my hands could barely grip my ski

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