Blog: Trail Adventure Stories

End of my Rope at Midnight In college I had a calculus class that was BRUTAL! My high school never got to pre calculus so this math class was insane. I needed it to apply to my major so I had to take it. The first day of class the teacher confused me to no end. The two students on either side of me were catching on. I asked them for help and soon we had a regular study group where both of them coached me along.One night we had a two-hour study session and we were spent. The Aaron leaned over and said, "let's go rappelling!"The girl in our group reminded him that it was 11:30pm and she was pretty sure it was dark outside. "Pick up your stuff, let's go!" he responded. We looked at each other and followed his enthusiastic order.30 minutes later we found ourselves staring off into the abyss. He had driven to the top of a rim and had the truck lights shining on our entry point. He had anchored to the top of cliff. When I looked over, I could see NOTHING!He said, "I've got to stay here to make sure you guys get str... Read More