Whitewater canoeing Essays

All Summer in a Day Author's Craft Essay In life, people never truly realize what they have, until it's gone. Imagine having to wait seven years for the sun to come out again, but only for a few hours and then disappearing again for another seven years. Well for the kids of Venus, that is typical life. Ray Bradbury's All Summer in a Day uses a variety of author's craft such as imagery, similes and metaphors to show readers the childrens deep need for freedom away from the rain that consumes their

In a matter of seconds, the course of your life could be altered irreversibly forever. An individual’s defining moment can come at any point in your life in a variety of ways. As you continue to age, the number of these special experiences will accumulate. The moments that define you will pave the way for your future. It was in the summer of second grade when my mother decided to bring me out of the country to visit my father and spend two months in Dubai. At that time, it has almost been two years

smell of plants and the overgrowth of algae are pleasing as I calmly ride the current. I spot rapids coming up in the distance, and I get utterly nervous. My brother, Ben, is to the right of me looking just as anxious as I am. As we approach the whitewater rapids, I am not gaining any bit of confidence. I try to calm myself down by humming and looking at the spectacular scenery

White Water Rafting White water rafting is a great activity for the adrenalin junkies or for family activity. There are lots of different companies that offer guided white water rafting, and all these different companies all use different rivers for their business. Some rivers are harder than others and appeal to different people and groups. White water rafting like most things has its origins. The first recorded of rafting takes place on the Snake River in Wyoming, 1811. Seems kind of late

Saturday, September 19th, I did the Big River Sweep with many members in the RLC. At first I was skeptical about doing the sweep, because Andy was talking about how deep the water was and that if I got injured that it was on me. I expected it to be cold, and very deep water. I thought I was going to be swimming in the water, and picking up huge objects that's bigger than Sprinkle. I thought I was going to be seeing big fish, basically I had this idea that I was going to do some form of scuba diving

The Relationship Snowboard Did you know that 7.56 million young people snowboard in the US alone? Or that the average high school relationship lasts around 7 months? Generally, when you hear these statistics or think of snowboarding and relationships, they don’t logically seem comparable, but when you dive deeper into the specific aspects of them, you can see how similar they are. Snowboarding and relationships both consist of living and learning in order to be better, getting hurt throughout your

One paddle stroke propels a canoe about three feet forward, and it takes about 1800 strokes to travel a mile, so in the 500 or so miles of travel by canoe I’ve done, in maybe 6 or 7 total weeks, on seven different waterways, I’ve pushed my paddle in and out of the water nine hundred thousand times. There have been exquisite, breathtaking landscapes, but at the same time, as much as one can purport to love nature, they will get bored of mile upon mile of tree lined river. The novelty of isolated and

The lake was cold as glacier ice, a kind of cold that pierces right through your body. It was just us and the open water. There was no one in sight. I didn’t know whether it was beads of sweat or just droplets of water dribbling down my forehead. At that moment I have realized that in life, sometimes people can make poor decisions unintentionally. We do this because sometimes we can’t take into account every single possible outcome. We tend to think in the moment instead of for the future. This summer

On January 2, 1938 in the city of Mount Vernon, New York, computer scientist and electrical engineer Lynn Conway was welcomed into the world (“Lynn Conway”, n.d.). Lynn Conway, currently age seventy eight, is still alive to see the impact of her contributions to computer architecture, continues to support the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Plus (LGBT+) community, and advocates for transgender rights. Her childhood mostly consisted of mixed emotions on her biological gender. The start of her