One of the most daring talents involves balancing on a tightrope at an unbelievable height. When I go to a circus and watch the performers slowly walk across the thin rope, I wonder if I could ever do such an incredible thing. However, the performers at the circus are positioned only one hundred feet or more above a life saving net. If I was to walk across a tight rope, I would position the rope above the Amazon Rainforest without the help of a safety net. My performance would be remembered for generations and my fame would rise as the most daring man alive. After years of practice and positioning my tightrope over the rainforest, I will succeed in my tightrope walk.

Preparing for such an adventurous task will require years of practice. I must start with the basics in a simple gymnasium with balance beams. As my balance grows stronger, the height of the beam rises higher until I am over one hundred feet, still with a cautioned safety net. When I master the beam well enough to lightly jog across to the opposite side, I replace the beam with a tightrope. I need to master the tight rope as well as I did the beam in order to fulfill my task of walking miles across the top of the Amazon Rainforest without a net. After years of hard and focused practice, I will now need to prepare for my daring performance in South America.

Feeling more ready than ever to conquer my performance, I will now need to map out the area I will be covering. To begin my dangerous walk over the rainforest, I will position my starting point in southern Venezuela, the top of the Amazon Rainforest. My ending point will be placed in southern Bolivia after crossing the country of Brazil in the middle. I will cross thousands of miles on a simple tightrope and people across the globe will be watching me from their televisions. After mapping out my performance, I am now ready for the performance of a lifetime.

As I arrive in Venezuela, my performance is ready to begin. With a final salute to the people and a shout out to my friends and family back home, I step onto the rope and begin my dangerous walk to Bolivia. The hours tick by quickly and I feel great. My legs are strong and I know I will accomplish my task. However, after days of walking on the rope, my water is almost gone and my legs feel like jelly. I feel dizzy from the South American sun and begin to question whether I will succeed. Inches from throwing in the towel and accepting failure, I hear soft cheers over a hill of trees; the end to my tightrope walk must be near. I erase the weakness and failure from my thoughts and dig my toes into the rope for another estimated mile until I am over the hill. The cheers grow louder and I see the end of my rope. I walk my final steps with confidence for the audience to see, and I give one last big wave to the people before I step off the rope. I had done the impossible and completed a performance which will be remembered for years.

Balancing on a tightrope is a dangerous task, especially at an incredible height. A circus will always have a tightrope performance which the audience loves to watch in awe. If I could balance on a tightrope, I would loose the safety net and provide a performance for people all over the world to see. Instead of walking across a rope in a circus tent, I would travel to South America and walk thousands of miles across the Amazon Rainforest. My daring task would be remembered for decades and my name would go down in fame.