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__**Section on:**__ It's All Downhill from Here On Up __**By:**__ Lauren Palacios, RJ Rose, Janae Saylor, and Pam Saephan __**Vocabulary defined:**__ blazes- A mark cut on a tree to show were a trail is. furtive- taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret cascades- A waterfall or a series of small waterfalls over steep rocks. pensive- dreamily or wistfully thoughtful cadre- a group of trained or otherwise qualified personnel capable of forming, training, or leading an expanded organization, as a religious or political faction, or a skilled work force __**Themes/Adventure:**__ 'silenced expect for periodic bursts of good cheers' 'Jim showed that going out into mature was a completely normal thing to do- even a necessity. "A night indoors is a night wasted," he told me. He had structured his exstence around the idea that the outdoors wasnt an escape from real life but the basis for it' 'poking fun at his inability to say anything negative' 'never let the fact that you're having a horrible time of things get in the way of the good times'

__**Structure: How was the story told? Did the story follow a sequence or order?:**__

__**Personal Connection, Influencial people, adventure:**__ There was a personal connection between man and nature, the story was told in order of events.

__**Question;**__ What's the biggest adventure that you've had?