Personal Narrative: The US B Rope Course

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It was my first time going in C.S.U.S.B rope course. I didn't know what to expect, but I was excited to find out. When we first got out of the bus, I was ready for whatever I had to do. We started out with some easy team exercises. We finish with the exercises and I thought that was it ,but the next thing I saw was the rope course, it looked like a challenge but I didn't think it would be that hard. I came with lots of confidence thinking it would easy. I thought this will be cake and I was excited to do it all by myself thinking I could do it all by myself without any help. I was waiting in line ready to do this rope course , the time came and it was time for me to go up there and get ready to start the course. When I was going up the rope to get ready to start the course I felt that I was going higher and higher it made me nervous but I kept my cool. When I finally got up there I felt that I was at the top of the highest building in the world. The height got me by surprise I would have never thought that it would be that high .Once I was ready we started to go , I came to this rope course thinking that I was going to finish this course all by myself and it would be …show more content…
I learned that it's important to work together but there time that you have to do your part like when you needed to do something to move on and help your teammates.It was great expirense and I would like to do it agian because it showed me alot about me and my friends.Its a good way to make friends and meet great people. It was a great way to test yourself too because there are some moments that you doubt yourself but you learn to move on. This is a good way to get more confidence and your teammates can help you to move one.At the end of the day you look back and you can say that you pasted the rope course and you helped other people past it too, you can be proud of yourself and your teammates.Its a great

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