"Don't look down."
I've never liked that saying. Let me
explain.
I am a skier. I've been skiing
for eleven years. I usually go and ski at Perfect North Slopes,
which is ten minutes away from my house. Well, at Perfects there
is a lot of hills and a lot of beginner skiers. There is a
certain hill right in front of the lodge. It's called Center
Stage.
You would never guess from looking at it, but Center Stage is a
very dangerous, steep, icy hill. It is actually the iciest hill
at Perfects. But, if you look at it from below, Center Stage
looks like a normal beginner hill. It looks easy. So
everyday multiple beginners try and tackle Center Stage. When
they get up there, they never look down, but if they did they
would realize how steep it actually was. So these beginners make
their way down about 1/4 of the hill. Then they realize their
mistake. They fall, lose their skis, and hurt themselves
rolling down the hill.
If they had just taken the time to stop and look down before they
started going down no one would've gotten hurt. They
would've seen the ice, the patches of deep snow
your skis get caught in, and just how straight down it
goes. They would've gone, "Wow, this looks harder
than I thought." and would've turned around to tackle it
another day, when they were more
experienced.
That is why I
think you should look
down.
