Selah Schneiter stood on the top of El Capitan. Her blue helmet (头盔) sat on top of her head and a thick green rope was tied around her body .The ten-year-old girl smiled from ear to ear as tears (眼泪) ran down her face.
"Selah, are those your first happy tears?" Mike, her father, asked."
She nodded. "I just can't believe I did it!" Selah said.
The girl had just made rock climbing history. She became the youngest person ever to have climbed El Capitan. The mountain is 915 meters tall -higher than the tallest building on Earth, And Selah carried 9 kilograms of gear, food and water with her.
Selah was joined by her father, an experienced climber. The climb took them five days. At first, Selah's father thought the mountain was too big for his daughter. The little girl, however, was serious about the climb. Every day, they would get a little closer to the top." One move at a time. I will achieve success in the end!" the girl said.
Selah wanted to use this achievement to encourage other children never to give up too easily. In our daily lives, there may be many tall "mountains," too. Keep trying, and you can overcome (克服) any difficulty!
