We had a disposable cameras so we could take pictures of the great views.
Me and Seth were talking about a bunch of random stuff.
About half way up, we noticed a green valley that really stood out (because everything else wasn’t as pretty). I took out the camera to take a picture but Seth stopped me and said that we should wait until the way down.
When we got to the top we had lunch. The rock I was sitting on was rough, but easy to climb. I put my trash in my backpack (because there wasn’t any trash cans) and jumped of the rock. I walked over to the staircase up to the summit and waited. And waited. Aaaaand waited.
Eventually after most of the group that got up before us got down, (talk about a tongue twister) me, Ian, Peter, Seth and Ms. Chown started to walk up the staircase. The staircase was made out of different colored stone, like light and dark brown and orange. In the middle of the staircase the steps vanished and turned into a ramp. I kept on telling myself to not look down but when I got to the ramp I just had to look down. “Whoa.” I whispered to myself. The view was stunning, but it looked like a long way down so I shifted to the right making myself a little less worried. |
When we had to go down we walked slowly down the stone staircase (a lot less terrifying than going up).
When we got down, we climbed up the big boulders and took out out our journals and started to write. I tried to be as detailed as possible. I labeled the different sections and activities by day and activity. For example: Day 2 hike. After about 30 minutes of writing we started to head down. There was a group of people who went down the easy and some people the hard way. I went down the hard way and (of course) the people who went the easy way were in front of us. |
On the way down I probably noticed a lot more things than I did on the way up. I noticed a big boulder that was perched on the side of a trail. I noticed a lot more signs than I did on the way up. I probably noticed a billion more things that I did on the way up because I was talking with Seth about computers and stuff.
When I got to the bottom of the colossal mountain known as stonewall peak I was kind of sad. I looked up at the mountain.
“Bye Stonewall Peak.” I said, waving goodbye.
I walked away and waited at the street. When Ella’s said we could cross we were on our way.
Going on this hike was probably the best hike I have ever been on. It was a fun experience and I used many good characteristics of an adventurer, like resilience, determination and bravery. Now when I am typing this I just feel like I want to do the whole hike again because it was so awesome.
By Will