It all started at 7:00 am. We were outside at the cold breezing wind. We were preparing for the B-17 hike. I was a bit cold that time. We were given instructions on what we are needing to do at the hike. We were ready. I was ready too. There, we started our hike. We were walking a few couple meters, and saw that were heading to a narrow trail. We got to the path and went single file on the pathway. We were a few feet before we exited there. We got out, and we went up hill. It was a big wider than the previous path, but it was worth it. We were now about a quarter mile away, and we took a break there. Then, we continued there. But that was when it got a bit intense.
We were heading our way to the intense path. We were hiking at least ¾ of a mile. We heard Mr. Kenna talking to a CSU student named Alex who was leading the trail to the hike. The more we were walking up the path, the more the trail got thicker. We were at least a mile up when we took a break. We were hiking up the bold, rocky, bumpy hike which gave more pressure to us and made it a bit more challenging. It was at least 8:00 when we hiked a mile long. At least 10-20 people were very tired and were distances away from us. We were tired. It took a while, but we made it to our second break which led us to the Twin Lakes. We were tired. It was at least 30 minutes of nonstoping hike. But it wasn’t really a challenge for me to hike 30 minutes nonstop. I wasn’t in interest about the Twin Lakes when Alex talked about it. But I did get in more interest with the hiking. So we continued from there, and we saw some animal tracks that were pure and fresh. We were exiting the lakes and on to the hard, rough, challenging hike. Then, we took off.
At first, it wasn’t so hard at all, but once it was about 10 minutes, it started to get challenging. We were going uphill, and I was having some issues of going up. I started to get very tired. But there was no need of rest. I was stumbling upon the big, large boulders, with small twigs and thorns aging me, the big trees being an obstacle to encounter, and the long distances of high elevation. I was exhausted. I thought after this, we would be seeing B-17. I was in stress. It wasn’t even 9:00 since our last break. This was tiring. I would have to wait until it was at least 10:00. Time was ticking so slowly I thought. We were about 1 and a half miles there. I was panting so much that it got harder the more I hiked. I never experienced hiking this hard! But then, we were ⅞ the way. We took a break there, and I was tired so much, I could hardly breathe. But I tried to hide my exhausting reaction to Manuel, so I lied to him that I wasn’t tired. But it was kind of true.
He then said to me, “How are you not tired?” There we settled down and waited until the rest of the people caught up with us and settled down. Then, we left. We were going up to a stream where we stopped and waited until there was the next step to B-17. We then arrived at a trail with two paths. So we found out that there was an arrow pointing the direction to B-17. we hiked all the way until we stopped and waited. I was tired once again. Our instructor Alex had been expecting a quiet hike on the last part of hiking to the plane crash. Then we started hiking down the path. I started to get behind. I tried to catch up to them, but the rocks and stones were slowing me down. I was at least the 8th person there during the hike. I’ve been walking for almost 2 miles down the mountain, and I was really tired and exhausted. I can’t imagine the hike this challenging! But then, we were there.
We found the B-17 plane crash site. It looked that it wasn’t there, but I walked a bit more until I saw hundreds of metal pieces scattered around the mountain. It was awesome but sad. To the 8 men who died in the plane crash, I was acting like I cared so much about them. It was so awkward.
How can there be very little pieces of the plane crash? Surely Nobody had taken them!” I said to myself. But then, one of my classmates had found something humongous. It was huge, rusted, dirty, old piece of the plane. It looked like a van burned down. I gave my best respect to the crash site and barely said a word about it. It was tragic. People were questioning on what happened to the crash. I heard that 8 men died from not countering the mountains. It was unfortunate for them. People started to have there lunch there. While we had our investigations on the crash, I saw a colorful rainbow appearing brightly. Then, we headed our way back to the start of our hike. During the hike, Alex taught us about the “broom dance,” and Mrs. Eberle made a riddle of what can go pass through the “green, glass, door.” I thought we wouldn’t have any fun activities during the hike. There were many stops while we were hiking. We were taking the last few minutes before going to our dorms talking about our experiences during our hike. I had big experiences. This was my first time there. It was tough, challenging, and never before, fun!
It was the best thing I had experienced in my life. I thought the next time, I am in a step up for a bigger, harder, hike and challenge.
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