As the boat idled into the cove, the afternoon sun pierced the fiery sky. The heat had begun to get to everyone in the cove making everything seem like it was moving in slow motion. As we turned around a bend we saw the many boats that had already anchored in the cove and the many people floating aimlessly in the clear waters.
We had finally made it to copper canyon, where my family and many of our friends were going to spend the afternoon lounging lazily in the crystal clear water. As I jumped in I instantly felt refreshing rush of the cold water on my body. We floated in the cool waters of lake Havasu for an hour when I noticed someone climbing the side of the canyon. I instantly turned my attention to this kid that had begun to climb the canyon wall. He climbed higher and higher never stopping. Finally after about two minutes of looking for niches in the canyon walls for places to hold on he had reached the summit of the rock. He stood there for many minutes trying to reach a decision on whether or not to go through with jumping off the 65 foot ledge. As he stood there with the wind slowly blowing the hot musty air of the lake in his face I knew exactly what he was thinking, “what have I gotten myself into?” I also made o
I emerged from the water with more adrenaline than ever and even more excited than I was after the first jump. I swam to the edge and quickly started my long climb to the top. I quickly made it to the half waypoint and I started to really doubt making the leap. My body quickly lost all the adrenaline and became filled with nervousness. About two feet away I noticed that the rock quickly became almost vertical with little place for climbing. I waited in that spot for many moments waiting to go through with it. I finally made my decision that no matter what; I was going through with it. I figured out how I was going to climb to the top and I quickly did it. I had made it to this point 65 feet above the water. It was right then I noticed that 65 feet doesn’t seem that high when I saw it from the water but when I got up there it seemed like 65 stories. I stood there with the cool breeze blowing on my wet bathing suit, totally oblivious to anything but the place where I was going to jump. It seemed like I was standing there for two hours, but it was actually 3 minutes. I finally decided to jump. By this time my family and friends had begun yelling my name and telling me to “Jump!” So I did.
ut the voices of his many friends waiting in the waters below, “ Jump! Jump! Come on!” He finally smiled, leaned foreword, and
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