A Fall into God＇s Grace.pdfVIP

相信 白己，没布什么是你办不至的。 ◎ ◎ OCraig DeMartino “Dad，”my daughter，Mayah，called down tome， “areyou coming up?’’ “Up”wasthe top ofarock face in ShoshoneNationalFor— est，near Lander，Wyoming，thatI’d long dreamed ofclimbing， andthatmywife，Cyndy，andsix—year—olddaughterhadjustSHC。 cessfullvascended．Justa45一footclifi,butitssheer(峻峭 的) face made itan interesting puzzle to solve． The kind ofchal— lenge Iused to live for． Isay rock climbingwasmy life，and that’sno exaggeration (夸张)． Idiscovered the sportwhen 1was21． A buddy of mineback eastwasgettingmarried， andabunch ofusdrove toLivezey Rock， apopular rock clift nearPhiladelphia，andwentclimbingforhisbachelorpany．Ihad neverbeen an athlete，had neverbeen g00d atteam sportslike footballorbasketbal1．Butclimbing Itook to rightaway．For thefirsttime in my life，Icould do somethingphysicalatahigh leve1． Iclimbed evcry chance Igot． I’m aprofessionalphotographer． Icould have landed a full‘ timei0bwithanewspaperaroundPhiladelphia，butIstayedfreelartce(自由记者)soIcouldclimb whenevertheurge struck which was0ften．At23 Itraveled the country，climbing in Yosemiteand W yoming． TwoyearslaterImetCyndy in aPhiladelphia climbing gym． Shewasa studentatColorado State Universitv．Colorado isa climber’sparadise．FirstCyndy and Iclimbed together．Then we fellin love． Lifewasgood． 1wasgenerally a churchgoingman， buton Sundaymornings， iftheweather wasDeffect，1wentclimbing．Andthen ithappened-- thefal1． Ican’tsay itwasanyone’sfault． 1wasup the equivalentofa nine—story building on Sun ‘ danceButtress．a sheer1,000．footrock clifi,perched on a two-inch ledge．MyfriendStevewason theground． “OkaY，”Ishouted，meaning1wasreadyofrhim tobelay(用绳索拴住)meback down．s0he could takea turn climbing．Forsomereason，Ineverchecked tomake sureheheard me．Islipped int0theharness，leanedbackand waited forStevetogently lowerme．To