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rope to a post. When I let go, my

extra weight lifted him straight in the

air. It scared him so badly that he let

the rope slip, and I dropped about ten

feet before the mechanism caught and

stopped me. My heart was pounding,

I was yelling, and the boys and Rod,

the assistant scoutmaster, were

laughing. That is, all of the boys

except for Devin were laughing. He

was dangling like a kite.

Rod and the other boys pulled

Devin to the ground then held onto

him until the rope could gradually be

let out to get me down.

“Just one more climb, and you got

it,” the tower director said. “Which