When I was younger, I thought of myself as a coward. I was afraid to take risks, and for the most part went through life very passively, often regretting afterwards the chances I chose not to take. In the past few years, however, I have undergone various experiences, which have time and time again negated that feeling of cowardice. The culmination of these experiences came on July 19, 2000, as I stood roughly 14,000 feet high in the …showed first 75 words of 1000 total…

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