Rock Climbing!

Hi guys this is my rock climbing recount hope you enjoy. I was focusing on using different starters for my sentences to make my writing more interesting.

On Monday the 20th of June Rimu class Year 7 and 8s went Rock Climbing for our William Pike Challenge. In the Port Hills we took cars up to the top of Summit Road. It was cloudy at the start, windy and cold. We could see the city below us and I thought it was pretty.

At the start I was terrified because I had a fear of heights and I was nervous about doing it. When we got there we met two instructors Steve and Josh - they were pretty cool. They gave us a helmet and a harness and they also told us about pride and resilience. They were the two values we were concentrating on today. This is important in rock climbing because you have to get out of your comfort zone and then you feel proud of yourself for doing that.

Next they told us to follow them to the climbing area. We went down a pretty nice trail but It had a lot of slippery rocks and it was very hard at some stages. When I looked out the view was beautiful mountains and the city below.

I think  it was pretty cool I  loved doing the abseiling but I was pretty  nervous at first. But as I went down it was super fun and looking out the view was even better than it was when I was walking. When I made it down I took the carabiners off that helped me down. Eventually we got I back, I had something to eat then I climbed the first wall. I stuck with that one because I was still nervous but it was really fun.

I loved the experience of rock climbing because I enjoyed the risk and it helped me conquer my fear of heights.