The brisk 34 Degree Fahrenheit air nips at my nose as the sun rolls over the horizon. Looking above, you can see a sharp majestic silhouette of Mauna Kea towering above the world with its peak at 13,796 feet. It is a truly humbling experience to work underneath one of natures’ greatest giants. Nine H-1 helicopters rumble as if to tell the world it is time to wake up and with the baby blue sky opening up, this is the start of a beautiful day.
Across the road there is a small herd of goats with their thick fluffy wool coats. A sense of freedom rises looking clear across the island to the other monstrous volcano. Standing just under her twin at 13,678 feet, Mauna Loa looks crisp against the light blue sky. Between these two beasts, lies a vast, …show more content…
The rotor wash from the helicopters plasters my skin with dry, coarse sand and the dust filled air makes breathing a torrid time. Gazing at the sun crawling over the mountain is pleasant, but the image fades with the sound of engines roaring and Marines scurrying back and forth.
Mauna Kea towers over us across Saddle Road with its liveliness disappearing the further it climbs. The terrain is rough, even for myself at the base of the mountain with lava rocks shifting underneath my feet making it difficult to walk. As the dust settles, my mouth is still dry, lips chapped, and my nose like an endless waterfall from my allergies. The faces around are drained of emotion with noses pointed to the dirt and cold hands buried in pockets.

J. Ramage, J Bean, and J. Johnson (2015) described a strategy that was my greatest lesson learned in this paper “Select details that support your intentions; omit or de-emphasize others.” (p. 47). I was able to look for positive details as well as negative ones that I could exploit on both sides of the argument. An example from my paper would be describing the cold air as refreshing and crisp. At my first step outside the cold air wakes you and makes you feel alive, after a few minutes it cuts trough you. I was able to use this for both sides of my paper with a different perspective for each