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The nert six rapids were ditricutt and they paddted hard... No. Lifted 1 ...wehlt the firstof six rapids.Theycamein quick,terrifyingsuccession. We paddled furiously, battlingsinksand high,irregular waves. z My elationturnedto fluttersof fear ; I was surewe weregoingto be swampedany mtnule 4 Suddenly, the man besideme was gone!I lungedfor him as wentunder... 5 ..thensomeoneelsehauledhimin o ..ourraftsurvivedthe .. .violentwater.The otherraftdid not 7 Guy screamedat us to back-paddle so that we couldslowdown 8 ..andcollecithe others,bobbingswifUy oownstream towardus 9 Guythrewhimselfoverboardand swam furlouslyto oneman who nearlyfloatedpast. 1 0 No one was grinn]ngnow 1 1 A long,grey,boilingroadof violent r a p i d s. . . l o o m eudp 1 2 Nowthe tensionhad movedup several notcnes 1 3 We paddledhardto manoeuvre througheven narrowerpassagesbetweenevenbigger boulders 1 4 We jockeyedhardto glanceoff a boulderthen got suckedovera one-metrefall and rammed another '15 The rafl flattenedagainstit to My terrorwas realized:we were vertical, lookingdownat the water.The raftwas on its side,andwe hung,frozen,waitingfor the deadlvflio 1 7 We muscledthe raftawayfromthe rock 18

Goingbackwardsuncontrollably, we tookthe iail of the seclioncompletelyout of control . 1 9 Finally we werefree - 15 marks Note: Content Language Use -

Own Words to overcomethe wavesand obstacles

The writer'sinitialjolydisappeared as she was afraidthe raft would caDsizeor sink She bentforwardto rescuea fallen teammate but someoneelsenlanagedto pull him in WhenNor'spassengers fell overboard theyhadto paddlein reverseto slowdown in orderto helpthe fallenones Guy plungedintothe waterto rescuea manwhoalmost{loatedby Everyone felt seriousat thattime Evenmoreviolentrapidsloomedup next And everyonegrewmoretense Theypaddledharderto navigatethrough the obstacles The writer'sraftrammedagainsta boulder

And theraftwas in an uprightposition Shewasafraidit wouldtoppleover and confirmher fears

but theyusedtheirstrengthto move it awayoff its side Theylostcontrolof the raft in the last sectionof the raoids untiltheyclearedit at last.

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We stillhadthreefulltanksof fuel...thev couldwellexplode Theirfueltankscouldburstviolentlv. on landing. Decidedto swooDdown verv low

We decidedto landon / descendto the qround

anddiscardthefueltanks

anddispose them/ throwthemawav.

theballoon for down Perremoved fuelsupplvandlowered PerstoDped burninqpropane andbrought theballoon of disposing thetanks. low so thatwe couldseewherewe couldsafelyjettisonthe betteriudqement extrafueltanks. Thewindsuddenlv swirledaroundus,muchharderthanwe exoected, so thattheoroundrushedup to meetus.

The wind was oscillatinq aroundthem/ blewthem towardsoround.

/ dived Travelling at a speedof almost30 knots,ourgroundspeed we droppeddanqerouslv wasnotso muchtheproblem as oursuddenolunoe. 1_rt{.

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We ricochetedoff the qroundand bouncedalonqa fieid.

We were hit aqainstthe fieldin mornentum.

All our fuel tanksweretorn off by the impact,alongwith our radioaerials. OR, Withoutthe weightcf the tanks,we hurtledbackwards.

were Fuelsupplyandradiocommunications

tanks.

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Withno fueltankswe wereutterlvoutof control OR, the balloonwasIlgllgj8gg rccket

Couldnot steer/ lostcommandof diregje!, OR, The balloonshol / movedupwards,

Pgr ventedhot air frcm the top of the balloon ,)R, tc reduceour heiqht.

/ letoff hotairat thetop Perreleased OR, To loweraltitude fromthearound

Butonceagainthegroundwindwasconsiderably stronger Buttheywereblowntowardssea bythe strong andit sweptus outto sea. thanwe expected I was devastatedto see the foaminqsea risinqup to meet us. We'd missedthe beach.We were goingtoo fast. We hlt the sea.crashinqme into Per.

Mv hopewas shattered/ felt defeatedwhenwe capsized/ hitthe sea.

The balloonstartedto draqus acrossthe surfaceof the ocean.We werebeinobounced fromwaveto wave.

alonothe Theywere pushed/ bobbeddanqerouslv waters.

Perheavedhimselfup andclimbedthroughthehatch

Perprepared tojumpoff theballoon

"Where's yourIifejacket?"I shouted. OR, He (Per)threwhimselfoff thetopof thecapsuleintothe coldblackwater.

Perdidnotweara lifejacket. OR, Hejumpedintothesea.

Withouthis weiqht,the balloonshot uo fast,too highfor me tojump.

The balloonwas too liqhtand rose rapidlvfor Richardto JUMP.

1 6 I floatedhiqherand hiqherintothe clouds,the winds carryingme north,towardsScotland.

He was99fi99!_.1fu !f;9139qyby the wind towards Scotland.

1 7 I had two equallvdanqerouschoicesand didn'tknowwhich

He had a difficultchoice/ was in a dilemma.

onlyan hourof fuelleft. 1 8 I wasa!g!q....with

/ helpless. Feltdesperate

1 9 I triedtheradio.lt wasdead.

with contagu meansof communication Noavailable peoole.

one to qo for: lcould iumpout in mv parachuteor stay put.

I got outthe notebookI carryeverywhere Fatalisticallv, OR, ..andwrote.'Joan,Hollv.Sam,I lovevou.'

I was aboutto qive uo hope/on life....

kickedin. anddetermination my oldootimism Suddenly, of, givingin wlthouta fight? Whaton earthwasI thinking

Kepthis faith/beliefto continuesurvivinq.

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I floatedthroughthe bottomlayer,towardsthe greyseaand skimminq abovethewaves.lt was sawa helicoDter for me! searching

wason theway. / salvation Rescue

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All the time l've beenflyingnorthwardswith a dead radio, I'd beenworriedsick aboutPer.

lwas concernedaboutPef s conditionall thiswhile.

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He had been lanquishinoin the sea for hoursand we had to find him ouicklv.

at seafor hours. afterbeingstranded Perwasrescued

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I wrotemy lastwords/ farewellto my family.

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